Given name & surname · also Gaelic
Gillies
“a servant of Jesus”
Gillies is used as a given name and a surname. One Scottish interpretation is “a servant of Jesus.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Scottish interpretation is “a servant of Jesus.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Scottish.
How it developed
In Scottish use, Gillies is used as a form of Gaelic.
Gillies’s family of names
Gillies has a related form in Ghillees. Gillies has a related form in Ghilles. Gillies has a related form in Ghillies.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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