Gilchrist Forename

229,358th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 1,194 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Gabon
Highest density in:
Gabon

Gilchrist Forename Definition:

A male name. Gaelic ‘servant of Christ'; now mostly a surname.

Gilchrist Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Gabon
100%
4411:4,271886
Benin
100%
2491:42,4733,506
Papua New Guinea
100%
1131:72,1446,837
Congo
100%
821:61,0884,382
United States
100%
821:4,421,18357,395
Philippines
92%
 
491:2,163,45947,211
Ivory Coast
100%
191:1,214,52333,777
South Africa
100%
181:3,029,59277,569
Cameroon-161:1,350,65632,647
India
100%
121:101,239,8311,357,349
Burkina Faso
100%
101:1,837,94741,704
Ghana-91:2,998,4685,965
England
90%
 
91:6,178,10252,254
Canada-91:3,681,48643,248
Zambia-81:1,981,84920,512
Scotland
100%
81:668,7967,564
Kenya
100%
71:6,615,30131,578
Australia-71:1,951,08917,897
France
100%
61:11,078,39032,981
Uganda
100%
61:6,826,15353,479
Nigeria
100%
61:29,594,060217,150
Chad
100%
41:3,399,6008,891
Togo-41:1,809,8105,654
Belgium
100%
21:5,745,02030,381
Sweden
100%
21:4,928,95452,965
Trinidad and Tobago-21:680,71023,658
United Arab Emirates-21:3,575,99676,635
Tanzania
100%
11:52,788,31985,066
Zimbabwe
100%
11:15,423,817113,731
Solomon Islands-11:580,9578,641
Singapore
100%
11:6,287,05439,645
Saint Lucia
100%
11:177,8158,104
Morocco-11:34,348,63618,260
Mexico
100%
11:124,144,427140,512
Mali-11:16,977,7558,714
Hong Kong-11:7,752,72520,144
Ethiopia-11:97,560,13329,608
DR Congo
100%
11:73,827,605146,761
Brazil-11:214,236,154864,335

Gilchrist (34,614) may also be a surname.

Gilchrist Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A male name. Gaelic ‘servant of Christ'; now mostly a surname.

The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe

In Celtic, ‘a servant of Christ,’ this is a Scottish m. ‘Christian’ which has become also a surname.

Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge

A Teutonic name, meaning: Servant of Christ.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

A Gaelic name: Gillecriosd, Middle Gaelic Gillacrist, Irish Gillacrist (several in eleventh century): “servant of Christ.” Hence M‘Gilchrist. It translates also Christopher.

Etymology of The Principal Gaelic National Names, Personal Names, Surnames (1909) by Alexander MacBain

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