Gilchrist
Gilchrist is a Scottish surname of Gaelic origin. In some cases it is derived from the Gaelic personal name Gille Crìosd ("servant of Christ").[1][2] An Irish form of the surname is Mac Giolla Chríost.[3] Scottish Gaelic forms of the surname include GilleChrìost,[4] and GilleChriosd.[5]
People with the name
- Adam Gilchrist (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 (1967-), Canadian ice hockey player
- Charles W. Gilchrist, Montgomery County, Maryland politician
- 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
- Ellen Gilchrist (1935–), American novelist
- Gordon Gilchrist (1985) Scottish Artist
- Gordon Gilchrist (1928-), Canadian politician
- Grant Gilchrist (1990–), Scottish rugby union player
- Guy Gilchrist, American cartoonist
- Jim Gilchrist (born 1949), founder of the Minutemen Project
- John Gilchrist (disambiguation), several people
- Joyce Gilchrist, forensic chemist
- Keir Gilchrist, British-Canadian actor
- Lara Gilchrist, Canadian actress
- Percy Gilchrist (1851–1935), British chemist and metallurgist
- Robert Murray Gilchrist (1867–1917), horror writer
- Roy Gilchrist (1934–2001), West Indies cricketer
- Steve Gilchrist (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.
People with the given name
- Sidney Gilchrist Thomas, British inventor
Places with the name
- Gilchrist, Allegan County, Michigan
- Gilchrist, Mackinac County, Michigan
- Gilchrist, Oregon
- Gilchrist, Texas
- Gilchrist County, Florida
- Gilchrist Township, Minnesota
Other
- Gilchrist Document, a political document found in Indonesia
See also
- Gilla Críst, cognate personal 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. (registration required (help)).
- ↑ de Bhulbh, S (1997). Sloinnte na h-Éireann: Irish Surnames. Limerick: Comhar-Chumann Íde Naofa Teo. p. 203. ISBN 0-9530560-0-7. OL 316008M – via Open Library. (registration required (help)).
- ↑ 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.
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