Etymology

Gilchrist

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Today it means: A surname from Scottish Gaelic. Full definition →

Scottish Gaelic Gillechrìosd
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The story

  1. Scottish Gaelic · derived fromGillechrìosd“servant of Christ”
  2. English todayGilchrist

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Gillechrìosd (“servant of Christ”), from gille + Crìosd.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.