Gilmour Forename

453,251st
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 368 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Scotland
Highest density in:
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Gilmour Forename Definition:

M. This Scottish ‘Christian’ and, derivatively, surname is literally, in Celtic, ‘servant of Mary.’ For others of the religious ‘servant’ group, see Gilchrist, Gildas, Giles (perhaps), Gillespie, and Gillies.

Gilmour Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland
100%
631:84,9262,132
South Africa
100%
581:940,21836,668
United States
100%
401:9,063,42494,297
Papua New Guinea
94%
 
301:271,74422,338
Philippines
100%
281:3,786,05370,966
England
100%
261:2,138,57426,646
Zimbabwe
100%
251:616,95325,845
Canada-171:1,949,02229,319
Brazil-171:12,602,127143,895
Wales
100%
151:206,2873,673
Jamaica-101:288,3238,750
Solomon Islands-71:82,9944,768
Australia-61:2,276,27019,652
Kenya-41:11,576,77840,588
Malta-41:107,3402,111
Zambia-31:5,284,93137,895
India
100%
21:607,438,9864,324,298
France-21:33,235,17058,100
Peru
100%
21:15,895,72774,652
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
21:55,7904,636
Namibia-11:2,404,17916,970
Portugal-11:10,410,86612,786
Netherlands-11:16,902,08343,152
Kuwait-11:3,785,26415,388
Guyana-11:763,26224,238
Germany
100%
11:96,677,87695,912
Belize-11:354,3097,663

Gilmour (23,471) may also be a surname.

Gilmour Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

M. This Scottish ‘Christian’ and, derivatively, surname is literally, in Celtic, ‘servant of Mary.’ For others of the religious ‘servant’ group, see Gilchrist, Gildas, Giles (perhaps), Gillespie, and Gillies.

Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge

Gilmour Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Guilmour937/
Gilmoure934/
Gillmour932/
Gilmourd931/
Gielmour931/
Gilmor92407/
Gilmur9213/
Glmour921/
Gillmoure882/
Guillmour881/
Gilmore862,317/
Guilmor8676/
Glemour8619/
Gillmor865/
Gilmoor864/
Gelmour863/
Gilmort863/
Gillmur861/
Gilmhor861/
Gilmohr861/
Gilmord861/
Gilmorr861/
Gilmotr861/
Ghilmor861/
Gailmor861/
Jilmour861/
Ilmur8335/
Ilmor8321/
Gillmore8077/
Guilmore8034/
Gilmoore8017/
Guillmor806/
Guilmaur803/
Dgilmore802/
Glemmour801/
Gilmejor801/
Gilmhore801/
Gilmorre801/
Gelmoure801/
Guilmorr801/
Guilmort801/
Gillmaur801/
Guilmuor801/
Guylmour801/
Gilmar77199,038/
Glemor7771/
Gelmor7756/
Jilmor7723/
Hilmor7721/
Elmour7714/
Silmor7712/
Zilmor779/
Hilmur773/
Jilmur772/
Ilmore772/
Yilmor772/
Gelmur772/
Glemur771/
Gilmár771/
Guillmore752/
Guilmar711,453/
Gilmair71170/
Gilmare7147/
Gülmure7147/
Gilmart7145/
Ghilmar7138/
Gillmar7135/
Gilmard7132/
Gelmore7125/
Glemore7122/
Hilmore7117/
Jilmore7113/
Gielmar7111/
Gailmar717/
Gilmhar716/
Dgilmar715/
Ailemor714/
Gilmier713/
Glemmor713/
Jielmor713/
Jillmor713/
Gilmaar712/
Jelmour712/
Ailmore712/
Eilmore712/
Gelmohr712/
Ghelmor712/
Gilmarh712/
Hillmur712/
Gilmmar711/
Sgilmar711/
Glehmor711/
Gilhmar711/
Gilmahr711/
Gilmarr711/
Gllmore711/
Gylmore711/
Gelmojr711/
Geelmor711/
Guelmor711/
Chilmor711/
Elmoure711/
Ilmiyor711/
Hillmor711/
Gelmord711/
Gelmort711/
Gilmayr711/
Joilmor711/
Ilmar676,595/
Elmor672,195/
Gilmeire67171/
Elmur6776/
Guillmar6744/
Glmar676/
Guilmart675/
Guilmare674/
Chilmore674/
Gilmaire673/
Ghillmar673/
Jillmore673/
Gilmeyre673/
Guilmair673/
Guilmhar672/
Gelmoore672/
Glemoore672/
Gilmayer672/
Giglimar672/
Gilmarht671/
Gilmartt671/
Gilmiyer671/
Gailmhar671/
Guilmard671/
Eillmore671/
D'Gilmar671/
Yillmore671/
Hillmoor671/
Hillmore671/
Heilmoir671/
Gillmahr671/
Gillmair671/
Jlmur671/

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  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Gilmour