Gilliland
English
Alternative forms
- Gilleland
Etymology
Reduced Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Fhaoláin and Northern Irish Mac Giolla Fhaoláin (“son of the servant of (saint) Faolán”), a personal name thought to be a diminutive of Irish faol (“wolf”). Compare the surname McClellan.
Proper noun
Gilliland (plural Gillilands)
- A surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Gilliland is the 2698th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 13351 individuals. Gilliland is most common among White (93.7%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Gilliland”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 44.