Given name & surname · also Gaelic
Gilliland
“son of the servant of (saint) Faolán”
Gilliland is a surname from Scottish Gaelic, ultimately from Irish.
Original IrishMac Giolla Fhaoláin
Meaning & origin
What it means
Gilliland goes back to Irish Mac Giolla Fhaoláin, meaning “son of the servant of (saint) Faolán.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Gilliland comes from Scottish Gaelic, and ultimately from Irish.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Gilliland as a surname developed from Mac Giolla Fhaoláin.
Gilliland’s family of names
In English usage, Gilliland as a surname developed from the Irish form Mac Giolla Fhaoláin. In English usage, Gilliland as a surname has a related form in GILLELAND. In English usage, Gilliland as a surname has a related form in GILLILAN.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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