Gilly Surname: Origin, Meaning & Coat of Arms

What can public data say about the Gilly family name? Quite a lot. The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Gilly with 608 bearers, at rank 36,736. From 1891 to 2000, 1,876 births in France were registered under Gilly. Births ran at 128 in 1891–1900 and 152 in 1991–2000.

• We do not guess at meanings: where the dictionaries are silent on Gilly, the family's own records come first.
• Local archives often hold baptisms and marriages that never reached online indexes.

Family crest and blazon

There is no single Gilly family crest for all bearers; the honest first step is to find out which Gilly line, if any, bore arms. Get the complete Gilly report, with a museum-style coat of arms.