Does anyone have a baby names book around that has the meaning of the name Gillian in it. I actually already know the meaning: "young" and "downy-haired." But I need a reference that I can respectably cite.
Does anyone have a baby names book around that has the meaning of the name Gillian in it. I actually already know the meaning: "young" and "downy-haired." But I need a reference that I can respectably cite.
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I don't think we have a baby names book ... sorry.
You can try one of these.
Thanks, Roy. I think I found one that will work. My word, what can't you do with Google!?
So?
Is that "So?" for me or for Roy? First I thought it was for me though I didn't understand why, but now I think it's for Roy about my Google question.
But just in case, here's what I found:
Gillian: soft-haired; youthful
Amanda Elizabeth Barden, "The Complete Reverse-Dictionary of Baby Names: Baby Names Made Easy" (New York: Fireside, 2009) 207.
No, it was for you (Tanya). But, now you've done it.
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