Given name & surname
Guilfoyle
“son of St. Paul's follower”
Guilfoyle is a surname from Irish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Guilfoyle goes back to Irish Mac Giolla Phóil, meaning “son of St. Paul's follower.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Irish Mac Giolla Phóil (“son of St. Paul's follower”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Guilfoyle’s family of names
In English usage, Guilfoyle as a surname has a related form in GILFOYLE. In English usage, Guilfoyle as a surname has a related form in GILFOYLE. In English usage, Guilfoyle as a surname has a related form in GUILFOIL.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
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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