Etymograph

English

Kilbride

Kilbride may come from Irish Mac Giolla Brighde.

  1. Irishc. 1200–presentMac Giolla Brighdeuncertain
  2. EnglishtodayKilbride

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Irishc. 1200–presentMac Giolla Brighdeuncertain
  2. EnglishtodayKilbride

The story

Irish and Scottish surname, Anglicized from Irish Mac Giolla Brighde or Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Brighde (‘son of the servant of (Saint) Brigit’).

Today it means

name A surname.

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

Etymograph / Irish Mac Giolla Brighde / Kilbride