Gilchrist (surname)
Gilchrist is a surname of Gaelic language origins. In many cases it is derived from a Scottish Gaelic name, Gille Chrìost, Gille Chriosd,[1][2] meaning "servant of Christ" (i.e. gilla "servant", chriosd "Christ".[3][4] Surnames of similar origins include MacGilchrist and McGilchrist, which are usually derived from Mac Giolla Chriosd or, literally, "son of the servant of Christ". Early, semi-anglicised versions of the surname, recorded include Geilchreist, Gilchryst, Gillchreist, Gillcryst, Mcillchreist and Mylchrest.
In many, perhaps most, cases, people with these surnames are descendants of the Scottish Clan Gilchrist, a sept of Clan MacLachlan.[citation needed]
People[]
- Adam Gilchrist (born 1971), Australian cricketer
- Albert W. Gilchrist (1858–1926), governor of Florida
- Alexander Gilchrist (1828–1861), British biographer
- Alfred J. Gilchrist (1872–1931), New York politician
- Andrew Gilchrist, former UK ambassador to Iceland, Indonesia and Ireland
- Anne Gilchrist (disambiguation), several people
- Augustus Gilchrist (born 1989), American basketball player
- Brent Gilchrist (born 1967), Canadian ice hockey player
- Bruce Gilchrist (1930–2015), Notable figure in modern computing
- Charles W. Gilchrist, Montgomery County, Maryland politician
- Cameron Gilchrist, Scottish footballer
- Connie Gilchrist (1901–1985), American stage and screen actress
- Connie Gilchrist, Countess of Orkney (1865–1946), once a child actor and artist's model
- Cookie Gilchrist (1935–2011), American football player
- Craig Gilchrist (born 1970), South African basketball coach and former player
- Ellen Gilchrist (born 1935), American novelist
- Garlin Gilchrist (born 1982), lieutenant governor of Michigan
- Gordon Gilchrist (born 1985) Scottish Artist
- Gordon Gilchrist (born 1928), Canadian politician
- Grant Gilchrist (born 1990), Scottish rugby union player
- Guy Gilchrist, American cartoonist
- James Gilchrist (tenor), tenor
- Jim Gilchrist (born 1949), founder of the Minutemen Project
- John Gilchrist, disambiguation
- Joyce Gilchrist, forensic chemist
- Keir Gilchrist, British-Canadian actor
- Lara Gilchrist, Canadian actress
- Len Gilchrist (1881–1958), English footballer
- Marcus Gilchrist, American Football Player
- Nathan Gilchrist, English cricketer
- Percy Gilchrist (1851–1935), British chemist and metallurgist
- Robert Murray Gilchrist (1867–1917), horror writer
- Rosetta Luce Gilchrist (1850–1921), American physician, writer
- Roy Gilchrist (1934–2001), West Indies cricketer
- Steve Gilchrist (born 1954), Canadian politician
- William Gilchrist, American composer
- William Sidney Gilchrist, medical missionary to Angola
- Harald Gilchrist, the 19th/20th king of Norway during the Civil War Era
Given name[]
- Sidney Gilchrist Thomas, British inventor
See also[]
- Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (born 1993), American basketball player
- Gilla Críst, cognate personal name
- Cill Chriosd, cognate place name
References[]
- ^ "Gilchrist Family History". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ^ Black, GF (1971) [1946]. The Surnames of Scotland: Their Origin, Meaning, and History. New York: The New York Public Library. p. 299. ISBN 0-87104-172-3. OL 8346130M – via Open Library.
- ^ Owen, RC (1993). The Modern Gaelic-English Dictionary. Glasgow: Gairm Publishers. p. 138. ISBN 1-871901-29-4.
- ^ Mark, C (2003). The Gaelic-English Dictionary. New York: Routledge. p. 719. ISBN 0-203-27706-6.
Categories:
- Surnames
- English-language surnames
- Scottish surnames
- Anglicised Scottish Gaelic-language surnames