Etymology

Gilpatrick

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Today it means: A surname from Irish. Full definition →

Irish Mac Giolla Phádraig
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  1. Irish · derived fromMac Giolla Phádraig“son of the servant of (saint) Patrick”
  2. English todayGilpatrick

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Phádraig (“son of the servant of (saint) Patrick”). Compare also the surname Kilpatrick.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.