Gilmore (surname)

Gilmore and Gillmore are surnames with several origins and meanings.

The name can be of Irish, in particular from Ulster,[1] and Scottish Highland origin, Anglicised from the Gaelic Mac Gille Mhoire (Scottish Gaelic), Mac Giolla Mhuire (Ulster Irish Gaelic).[2] The name was a patronymic name meaning "servant of (the Virgin) Mary".[2]

Gilmore is an alternative, or sept, of Clan Morrison from Scotland, known as MacGilleMhoire in Scottish Gaelic. Gillmore has been noted as a derivative of the Scottish Gaelic Gille-mohr, meaning "great servant", a name given to the armour-bearer to a Highland chief,[3]:129 or more prosaically to the servant or henchman of a chief.[3]:416

Another origin of the surname Gilmore is Irish, with two separate meanings. In County Armagh, the name is an Anglicised form of Mac Giolla Mhura "servant of St. Mura" (of Fahan, County Donegal).[2] In County Sligo, Gilmore is an Anglicisation of Mac Giolla Mhir meaning "son of the spirited lad".[2]

Surname Relationships
Gilmore Gillmore Gilmour Delmore Dilmer Gilmer Kilgore Killmore Larmore
Gilmore X [1][2][3]:129 [1][2] [2] [2] [1][2] [2] [1] [2]
Gillmore X [3]:129
Gilmour X
Delmore X
Dilmer X
Gilmer X
Kilgore X
Killmore X
Larmore X

People surnamed Gilmore or Gillmore

Fictional characters

  • Jim Gilmore, protagonist of Ernest Hemingway's early short story "Up In Michigan," written in 1921 and revised in 1938.
  • Hugh Gilmore, alter ego alias of pulp magazine character Jethro Dumont as The Green Lama
  • Lorelai Gilmore and Rory Gilmore, mother-and-daughter protagonists of the comedy-drama Gilmore Girls
  • Happy Gilmore, the title character of the Adam Sandler movie, Happy Gilmore.
  • Shaun Gilmore, a recurring character in the first season of Critical Role, a powerful sorcerer and ally of Vox Machina who runs Gilmore's Glorious Goods, a store selling magical items and artifacts.
  • Hannah Gilmore, a character in the British soap opera, Coronation Street

References

  1. Michael C., O'Laughlin (1992). The Book of Irish Families Great & Small. Kansas City, Missouri: Irish Genealogical Foundation. p. 126. ISBN 0-940134-08-X via Internet Archive.
  2. "Gilmore Family History". Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2019 via Ancestry.com.
  3. "Gillmore". Patronymica Brittania. London: John Russell Smith. 1860. p. 129 via Internet Archive.

See also

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