Jekyll is a Cornish and Breton family name. It is commonly pronounced , although the traditional pronunciation is . Notable people with the surname include: *Dame Agnes Jekyll (1861–1937), British artist, writer and philanthropist *

Gertrude Jekyll Gertrude Jekyll ( ; 29 November 1843 – 8 December 1932) was a British Horticulture, horticulturist, garden designer, craftswoman, photographer, writer and artist. She created over 400 gardens in the United Kingdom, Europe and the United Sta ...

(1843–1932), British gardener *Sir

Joseph Jekyll Sir Joseph Jekyll (166319 August 1738), of Westminster, was a British barrister, judge and Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons for 40 years from 1697 to 1738. He became Master of the Rolls in 1717. Early lif ...

(1663–1738), British lawyer, politician and judge * Olga Jekyll (1918–2014), New Zealand fencer *

Walter Jekyll Walter Jekyll (27 November 1849, Bramley, Surrey, England – 17 February 1929, Bower Hall, Riverside, Hanover, Jamaica), was an English clergyman who renounced his religion and became a planter in Jamaica, where he collected and published songs ...

(1849–1929), English clergyman, brother of Gertrude Fictional * Dr Henry Jekyll, fictional character from the novel ''

Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde ''Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'' is an 1886 Gothic horror novella by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. It follows Gabriel John Utterson, a London-based legal practitioner who investigates a series of strange occurrences between ...

'' The modern Breton form is Gicquel ( fr).

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