juushika

Thank you <3

Gillian is pronounced with a hard G. When I first found him as a neighborhood stray, he was so tiny (b/c he's a small cat but also b/c he was skinny-because-living-on-the-street) that I thought he might be female, so I named him for Gillian Owens (pronounced Jillian) from Practical Magic, because of scenes where she holds a similar-looking cat (and b/c I love the film!). I changed it over to a more masculine pronunciation when he was sexed at the vet. A male character from my favorite book, Maledicte, is named Gilly, so I figured it all worked out as intended.

That's probably a longer answer than you needed but we're talking about cats soooo who's surprised. You can see his street cat pictures & early thoughts re: his name here, if you want.