Gillman Coat of Arms, Crest and Name Facts

Gillman and Gilman are two spellings with one history. The family name meaning is “Little William”, the same as for Gilman.

Heraldry and the Gillman name

Arms linked to Gilman and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Gillman and Gilman

The extra “l” in Gillman is a spelling habit rather than a different name. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. Related forms: Gilmon.

The 2010 US Census counted 4,334 people named Gillman, ranking it number 7,663 among American surnames. Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Gellman and Gelman. Research your Gillman family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.