as a Last Name
- 40,633
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Gillespie
Meaning & Origins
Scottish and Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Gille Easbuig (Scottish), Mac Giolla Easpaig (Irish), patronymics from a byname meaning ‘servant of the bishop’.
| 721st in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 40,633
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- West Virginia
- has the most people named Gillespie per capita
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