English
Gilboy
Gilboy comes from Irish Ó Giolla Bhuidhe ‘descendant of the blond lad’.
- Irishc. 1200–presentÓ Giolla Bhuidhe‘descendant of the blond lad’
- EnglishtodayGilboy
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Irishc. 1200–presentÓ Giolla Bhuidhe‘descendant of the blond lad’
- EnglishtodayGilboy
A compound of giolla ‘lad’ + buidhe ‘yellow’
Proto-Germanic *geldaną ‘to pay, have value’
Proto-Germanic *gildiz ‘valuable, wholesome, precious’
Old Norse gildr ‘brawny, stout, of full value’
Middle Irish gilla ‘a youth of an age to bear arms’
Irish giolla ‘lad’
The story
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Giolla Bhuidhe (‘descendant of the blond lad’), from giolla (‘lad’) and buidhe (‘yellow’).
Every English word from Irish Ó Giolla Bhuidhe
Today it means
name A surname from Irish.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Irish Ó Giolla Bhuidhe / Gilboy