Gilchrist
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English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Gilcrease
Etymology
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Gillechrìosd (“servant of Christ”), from gille + Crìosd.
Proper noun
Gilchrist (countable and uncountable, plural Gilchrists)
- A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
- An unincorporated community in Klamath County, Oregon, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Galveston County, Texas, United States.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Gilchrist is the 2811st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 12825 individuals. Gilchrist is most common among White (62.2%) and Black/African American (32.8%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Gilchrist”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 42.