Gilhooly
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English
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Etymology
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Ghuala (“son of the gluttonous lad”), from giolla (“boy, lad”) and guala (“gullet, gut”).
Proper noun
Gilhooly (plural Gilhoolys)
- A surname from Irish.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Gilhooly is the 37591st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 592 individuals. Gilhooly is most common among White (94.43%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Gilhooly”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 43.