Etymology

McGillis

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

Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Íosa
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The story

  1. Scottish Gaelic · derived fromMac Gille Íosa“son of the servant of Jesus”
  2. English todayMcGillis

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Íosa (“son of the servant of Jesus”); compare McLeish.

Words from the same roots

Scottish GaelicMac Gille Íosa all →

McAleese

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.