The story
- Irish · derived fromMac Giolla Dhé“son of the servant of God”
- English todayGildea
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Dhé (“son of the servant of God”), from giolla (“boy, lad; attendant”) and Dia (“God”).
Words from the same roots
IrishMac Giolla Dhé all →
Kilday
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.