Given name & surname

Gilfillan

“servant of (Saint) Fillan”

Gilfillan is a surname.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Gilfillan goes back to a word meaning “servant of (Saint) Fillan.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Similar names

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Saints

Gillilan

“son of the servant of (saint) Faolán”

No U.S. birth series

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Irish · Saints

Gilliland

“son of the servant of (saint) Faolán”

No U.S. birth series

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Irish · Saints

Gilpatrick

“son of the servant of (saint) Patrick”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Saints

Georgyann

“farmer” · “one who works the earth”

No U.S. birth series

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Saints

Guillemin

“a monk or hermit of the Order of Saint William”

No U.S. birth series

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Saints

Georgyanne

“farmer” · “one who works the earth”

No U.S. birth series

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Celtic · Saints

Geneviève

“to beget”

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Saints

Georgienne

“farmer” · “one who works the earth”

No U.S. birth series

2% boys · 98% girls

Sibling ideas

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