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There are approximately 6,945 people named Gillett in the UK. That makes it the 1,538th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 110 are named Gillett.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Diminutive

Related and similar surnames

Gillott
Gillet
Giillett
Gileitt
Giilett
Gileatt
Gilet
Giillet
Gilatt
Gileat
Giilet
Gileit
Gilete
Gilatte
Gilate
Gileta
Gilat
Gilait
Giletei
Giletee
Gileth
Gilatto

The Gillett surname in historical dictionaries

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)

From Guillot, the French diminutive for William. The family may have come with William the Conqueror into England, from Gillette, a town in Piedmont, France. Gillette, the son of Giles.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

GILLETT. See Gillet. GILLETT. "In England there are numerous families who write their name Gillett and Gillot, all of French extraction ; the former at Glastonbury, Exeter, aud Banbury ; the latter at Birmingham aud Sheffield. It is probable tliat these names, as well as Jellett and Guillot, have all been originally the same, namely Gillot, the diminutive of Gilles, the French form of Giles." Ulster Journal of Archseology — SBcl duVifo.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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