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Gillipeter Surname Definition:

GILLIPETER: Gaelic Gille Pheadair, 'servant of (S.) Peter.' Gilli-petair mac Donnchaid, a witness in the Book of Deer (VI, 32). Apparently the only example of the name. compare Gelpeddir.

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GILLIPETER: Gaelic Gille Pheadair, 'servant of (S.) Peter.' Gilli-petair mac Donnchaid, a witness in the Book of Deer (VI, 32). Apparently the only example of the name. compare Gelpeddir.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

GILPEDDIR: 'servant of Peter,' from the unaspirated form Peadar. Gilpeddir Mor was one of the crown tenants of Eddergoll in 1480 (Christie, Lairds and lands, p. 84). Gilpeuder (Fraser, p. 10). compare Gilupeter.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

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