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Gillian

American  
[jil-ee-uhn, -yuhn] / ˈdʒɪl i ən, -jən /

noun

  1. a female given name, form of Juliana.


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However, with a sly smile Kennedy confesses that her granny "would have been absolutely tickled pink to think of Gillian Anderson playing her".

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Above all, there is Cushla’s mother, Gina, played by Gillian Anderson, in a downward spiral since the death of her husband, some two years earlier.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026

The film resurrects the story of sisters Sally and Gillian Owens, modern day witches who face a curse that sees any man they fall in love with doomed to an early death.

From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026

The 1998 fantasy romcom, starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman as witchy sisters Sally and Gillian Owens, received mixed reviews from critics when it was first released.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

I couldn’t speak, but at that moment I was so grateful that Gillian had interrupted before he’d gone any further.

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely

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