The story
- Irish · derived fromGiolla rua“servant of the red-haired lad”
- Middle English · derived fromGilry
- English todayGilroy
From Middle English Gilry, from Irish Giolla rua (“servant of the red-haired lad”).
Words from the same roots
IrishGiolla rua all →
gillaroo
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.