Gillespie Forename

553,262nd
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 259 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Kitts and Nevis

Gillespie Forename Definition:

M. and f. Properly a Scottish name, derived from the Celtic for ‘the servant of a bishop’ (see Gilbert for the gil(l) and cf. Gilchrist), the espie being an early (Irish or) Scottish attempt at Latin episcopus.

Gillespie Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
67%
 
1701:2,132,57034,843
Jamaica-201:144,1615,419
Malaysia
91%
 
191:1,602,62849,521
Canada-111:3,012,12538,520
Australia-81:1,707,20316,445
South Africa
100%
51:10,906,530170,325
Scotland
88%
 
51:1,070,07310,235
Brazil
100%
41:53,559,038368,334
England
100%
41:13,900,73089,263
Philippines
100%
31:35,336,492343,681
Zimbabwe
100%
21:7,711,90884,647
Morocco-11:34,348,63618,260
Saint Kitts and Nevis-11:54,8612,604
Mexico-11:124,144,427140,512
Italy
100%
11:61,062,09083,289
South Korea-11:5,544,42137,250
Thailand
100%
11:70,065,813391,235
China-11:1,366,055,782109,249
Afghanistan
100%
11:32,623,51666,536

Gillespie (90,341) may also be a surname.

Gillespie Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

M. and f. Properly a Scottish name, derived from the Celtic for ‘the servant of a bishop’ (see Gilbert for the gil(l) and cf. Gilchrist), the espie being an early (Irish or) Scottish attempt at Latin episcopus.

Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge

A Celtic name, meaning: Bishop’s servant.

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

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