Jill

From Fresh Dictionary

Contents 1 English 1.1 Noun 1.2 Etymology 1.3 See also

English

Noun

jill

1. A young woman; a sweetheart.
2. any female, as in jillstrap (also shortened as jill), the female counterpart of a jockstrap

Etymology

a variant of the proper name Gill, itself a female form either of Julius (then also Gillian) or of Aegidius

See also

• gill (also other senses)
• sheila