Gili
From Hebrew, meaning "my joy". Most Poles have never met one: only about 125 people carry it, and it splits between women and men.
Gili Pronunciation
Gili is pronounced GEE-lee (/ˈgili/).
What Gili means
Where Gili comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Gili comes from Hebrew. The root gil means joy, and the small ending -i means "my". Put the two together and the name reads as "my joy". In Polish that lands as moja radość.
The name belongs to modern Israeli naming, where short forms built on gil are given to girls and boys alike. Gili has no diminutives and no separate variants. It is already short. What you hear is the whole name.
On a Polish class register Gili would sit among much longer forms and stand out for its brevity. Two syllables, four letters. A teacher reads it once and remembers it.
The joy here sits in the root, not in a later gloss. Many names pick up their meanings across centuries, yet Gili holds its meaning from the start. Gil runs through Hebrew as gladness and rejoicing. To carry the name is to carry that word, moja radość.
How many people are named Gili
1 in 214703 women in Poland is named Gili. 125 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2994 among female names.
Gili's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Gili as a middle name
Gili is a first name for 125 women in Poland and a middle name for another 2, a 98/2 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 7758th, between Gildas (2) and Gintaut (2).
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#7756 Gilang2
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#7757 Gildas2
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#7758 Gili2
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#7759 Gintaut2
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#7760 Gintautas2