Etymograph

English

Gilliland

Gilliland comes from Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Fhaoláin.

  1. Scottish GaelicmodernMac Gille Fhaoláin
  2. EnglishtodayGilliland

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Scottish GaelicmodernMac Gille Fhaoláin
  2. EnglishtodayGilliland

The story

Reduced Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Fhaoláin and Irish Mac Giolla Fhaoláin (‘son of the servant of (saint) Faolán’), a personal name thought to be a diminutive of Irish faol (‘wolf’).

Every English word from Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Fhaoláin

Today it means

name A surname.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Fhaoláin / Gilliland

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