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Gill may be a surname or given name, derived from a number of unrelated sources.
Gill may be a surname or given name, derived from a number of unrelated sources.
In Europe, various cultures use the name, examples being:
| Gill | |
|---|---|
| Jat, Ramgharia, and Chuhra clan | |
| Ethnicity | Punjabis |
| Descended from | Gill |
| Branches | Shergill, Jhalli-gill |
| Language | Punjabi |
| Religion | Sikhism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism |
In Hebrew, a masculine given name or byname meaning "joy, gladness" (גִּיל, feminine form גִּילָה, Gilla ).
In Korean, a common personal name often transliterated as Gil. [11]
*Alan Gill, English vocalist, guitarist and songwriter *Albert Gill (1879–1916), English Victoria Cross recipient *Amber Gill (born 1997), English television personality and author
Virk is a last name used by Sikhs in Punjab, India, which is based on that of a Jat clan supposedly founded by a Rajput called Virak.
Sikhs have a given name and one or both of a surname and a Khalsa name. The surname may be a family name or a caste name. Different castes still exist today in some aspects of Punjabi culture; similarly to the Hindu caste system, this system is based on employment.
Dhillon is one of the largest Jat clans found in the Punjab region of India and Pakistan. Dhillon sardars (chiefs) ruled the Bhangi Misl in the Sikh confederacy.
Deol is a Jat surname native to the Punjab region of India.
Sidhu is a Punjabi Jat clan found in Punjab.
Moga is a city in the Indian state of Punjab. It was made a part and headquarters of the Moga district on 24 November 1995, by the then Chief Minister Harcharan Singh Brar. Before becoming a district, Moga was a part of Faridkot District as a tehsil. Moga is situated on the National Highway 95. The area of Dharamkot block with 150 villages has been merged into Moga district, which falls under the jurisdiction of Ferozpur division.
Malwa is a geographical region in the south of Punjab state in India. It is located between south of the Sutlej river, north of the Ghaggar river, east of Pakistan, and west of the Sivalik Hills.
Randhawa is a Jat clan found in the Punjab region of India and Pakistan. The Randhawa name has special significance in the history of the Sikh faith, the first appointed Granthi was a Randhawa There are also adherents of Hinduism and Islam belonging to the Randhawa clan.
Jat Sikh or Jatt Sikh is an ethnoreligious group, a subgroup of the Jat people whose traditional religion is Sikhism, originating from the Indian subcontinent. They are one of the dominant communities in the Punjab, India, owing to their large land holdings. They form an estimated 20–25% of the population of the Indian state of Punjab. They form at least half of the Sikh population in Punjab, with some sources estimating them to be about 60–66% appx. two-third of the Sikh population.
Sodhi is a clan of Khatris and Jatts originated from the Indian Punjab.
The Majithia family, are a family of Shergill Jat sardars (chiefs) that originate from the region of Majitha in the Punjab.
Bindra is a Punjabi surname found among Jats & Khatris. Many Bindra Khatris were located in Rawalpindi district.
Shergill is a surname and clan IAST: (गोत्रा) of Jats, its parent clan is Gill. According to oral history, the founding progenitor of the clan was a man named Shergill, who was the son of Gill. The Majithia family belong to this clan.
Sohal is an Principal clan found among the Malwai speaking lineage of Jat Sikh, which were originated from the Place named Sohal township both settled by Hari Singh Dhillon(Bhangi Misldar), they were Primarily related to Deo, hayer aswell Aulak and avoid intermarry among them.In modern time Sohal is a chiefly found in Amritsar and Doaba region
Dhaliwal, also known as Dhariwal, is a surname and clan found among the Jat Sikhs of Punjab, India. Historically, they were influential Sardars under the Singh Krora Misl during the Sikh Confederacy in India.
Sandhu or Sindhu is the second largest clan of Jats in the Punjab region of India and Pakistan. The Sandhus played an important role in the Sikh history. During the period of the Sikh Confederacy, Sandhus ruled several sovereign states (misls) including the Nakai Misl, Shaheedan Misl and the Kanhaiya Misl.
Brar is a surname, and a Jat clan from the Punjab region.
Bhatti is a Punjabi and a Sindhi caste of Rajputs. and Jats. The name Bhatti is a Punjabi form of Bhati, and they along with Bhuttos and Bhatias claim to have originated from the Hindu Bhati Rajputs. The Bhati/Bhatti Rajputs, are descended from a common ancestor, Rao Bhatti, a 3rd-century Hindu monarch.
Dheer is a surname found among the Brahmins and Khatris of Punjab. The Dhirs of Kapurthala descend from Baba Mahya, who was the Guru (teacher) of Guru Amardās of the Sikhs, and is still revered at Dhir weddings. The word "Dhir" translates to brave. The Khulasat-ut-Tawarikh, a Persian language book about the history of India and the Mughal Empire was written by Sujan Rai Bhandari, a Dhir Khatri from Batala in Gurdaspur. The Dhirs of Batala moved there before the end of Akbar's reign as soldiers. Bhai Bula, a Dhir Khatri was a dedicated Sikh of the time of Guru Arjan. His son, Dayal Das Dhir was martyred during a battle against the Mughals in Amritsar.
The descendants of Gillpal use the family surname 'Gill'. There are many sub-castes such as Sher-Gill, Jhalli-Gill and so on.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)9. Indian (Panjab): Sikh name, probably from Panjabi gil 'moisture', also meaning 'prosperity'. There is a Jat tribe that bears this name; the Ramgarhia Sikhs also have a clan called Gill.
As well as being a Chuhra gotra , the Gill are an important zat of the Jat tribe based especially in the Lahore and Ferozepur districts. Their mythical ancestor Gill, was said to be the father of Shergill, the founder of another Jat clan.
When this child grew up, he took [a] wife from a Gill Jat family. Thus was this line of Bhatti Rajputs converted into a Jat clan which has ever since been known as Sidhu after the name of their ancestor, Sidhu Rao.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link){{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)In the latter half of the twentieth century another practice of hiding caste under the cover of adopted gotras (clan surnames) of the dominant/upper castes, especially among the lower castes, became quite popular. Gotras like 'Atwal', Gill, 'Sandhu', and 'Sidhu' are often being adopted by many 'ex-untouchables' in their desperate attempts towards upward social mobility.
Gilan is said to be " 'the land of Gil,' an ancient tribe which classical writers mentioned as gelae (B.B. 1911, 12: 6)." So "Gilan ... [is] ... the country of the Gelae" (B.B. 1911, 13: 20). The reference to mud is quite interesting because this story appears in the Gill Jat clan bard-an ancestor of the Gills was a child found by a Raja (King) lying in a wet muddy spot, thus he was named Gill (Duleb, chp. 4). Rose also discusses this story, he says the ancestor of the Gills was found by a king "with a lion and abandoned in a forest. As he was found in a marshy (gili) place, he was named Sher [Lion] Gil" (Rose 1883,2: 299)! Whether there is any historical value to this story is not the question, but it seems consistent with the name of Gilan Province in Northern Iran, suggesting that Gill is an Iranian word; this of course is bolstered by the existence of the Iranian-speaking Gil or Gilaki people who still inhabit that region today. Moreover, the Gills maintain a strange wedding custom, which involves' digging soil out of a muddy pond (Duleh, chp. 4). Gill is probably the largest Jat Sikh clan, numbering probably around a half million individuals, based on the census data of 1880 (lbbetson 1916, 121).
The same holds true for the use of language. One thing that keeps frustrating me all the time is the Romanized personal names of Koreans, especially the order of family name and given name. On the back side of their business cards, most Koreans have their Romanized names written in the Western style with the given name coming first and the family name last. For example, Hong Gil-dong is written as "Gil-dong Hong" or "Kil-dong Hong." I believe the order of family name and given name is an important issue from the viewpoint of identity. Saying one's family name first and given name next is part of the unique culture of Koreans. Chinese and Japanese also say their names in the same order. I hope Koreans maintain this order when they write their names in English, like "Hong Gildong" "Hong Gil-dong."