Gallagher Name Meaning. Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Gallchobhair 'descendant of Gallchobhar', a personal name from the elements gall 'strange', 'foreign' + cabhair 'help', 'support'.
Galloway Name Meaning. Scottish: regional name from Galloway in southwestern Scotland, named as 'place of the foreign Gaels', from Gaelic gall 'foreigner' + Gaidheal 'Gael'. From the 8th century or before it was a province of Anglian Northumbria.
The name Galvin is a Gaelic baby name. In Gaelic the meaning of the name Galvin is: White.
Garvey and O'Garvey are Irish surnames, derived from the Gaelic Ó Gairbhith, also spelt Ó Gairbheith, meaning "descendant of Gairbhith". Gairbhith itself means "rough peace".
The given name is an Anglicised form of the Gaelic Gille Easbaig (also rendered Gilleasbaig), meaning "bishop's servant". The surname Gillespie is an Anglicised form of the Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Easbuig, and the Irish Mac Giolla Easpaig, both of which mean "servant of the bishop".
The Gillies name is a boy's name derived from the Gaelic name Gille Iossa. The meaning of Gillies, and its ancestor, is “servant of Jesus.â€
Many Irish names are merely English translations of Gaelic names. The name Gilligan was a translation of the Gaelic name Mac Giollagain, which is derived from the word "giolla," which means "lad."
Gilmore and Gillmore are surnames with several origins and meanings. The name can be of Irish (from Ulster) and Scottish Highland origin, Anglicised from the Gaelic Mac Gille Mhoire (Scottish Gaelic), Mac Giolla Mhuire (Ulster Irish Gaelic). The name was a patronymic name meaning "servant of (the Virgin) Mary".
Origin of the name Glenna: Feminine form of the Scottish Glenn, which is derived from the Scottis Gaelic glenn (mountain valley).
The meaning of the name “Glenwood†is: “Wood in a valleyâ€. Categories: English Names, Gaelic Names, Surnames Names.
