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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Irish : variant spelling of Gillan or reduced form of McGillen.
  • Dutch : patronymic from Gil, a personal name that is a much reduced and altered vernacular form of Latin Aegidius (see Giles).
  • German : variant of Gilbert. See also Gille 2.

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