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Gillespie
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Origin Of The Surname Gillespie
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Meaning Of The Surname Gillespie
Descendant of the Bishops Servant
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Gillespie
Gillespie is the Anglicisation of an old Gaelic surname ‘Mac Goilla Easpuig’. The ‘Mac’ element denotes that the name is patronymic and the ‘Goilla’ element shows that the name is in dedication of the friend or servant of someone important. The ‘Easpuig’ part is usually the first name of that important person, but in this case is occupational and refers to a bishop. Therefore the surname altogether means ‘Descendant of the Bishops Servant’. |
Gillespie Statistics
Gillespie is the number 808 ranked surname in the United Kingdom.
According to our statistics around 12,226 share the surname Gillespie in the UK.
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