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Gilchrist is a surname of Gaelic language origins. In many cases it is derived from a Scottish Gaelic name, Gille Chrìost, Gille Chriosd,^[1]^[2] meaning "servant of Christ" (i.e. gilla "servant", chriosd "Christ").^[3]^[4] Surnames of similar origins include MacGilchrist and McGilchrist, which are usually derived from Mac Giolla Chriosd or, literally, "son of the servant of Christ". Early, semi-anglicised versions of the surname, recorded include Geilchreist, Gilchryst, Gillchreist, Gillcryst, Mcillchreist and Mylchrest.

In Orkneyinga saga, chapter 63, Haraldr Gilli Magnússon, king of Norway from 1130–1136, is first introduced under the name of Gilli-kristr, obviously a Norse version of Gilchrist.

In many, perhaps most, cases, people with these surnames are descendants of the Scottish Clan Gilchrist, a sept of Clan MacLachlan.^{[citation needed]}

People

Adam Gilchrist (born 1971), Australian cricketer
Albert W. Gilchrist (1858–1926), governor of Florida
Alexander Gilchrist (1828–1861), British biographer
Alfie Gilchrist (born 2003), British footballer
Alfred J. Gilchrist (1872–1931), New York politician
Andrew Gilchrist (1910–1993), UK ambassador to Iceland, Indonesia and Ireland
Anne Gilchrist (disambiguation), several people

Anne Gilchrist (writer) (1828–1885), English writer
Anne Gilchrist (collector) (1863–1954), British folk-song collector

Annie Somers Gilchrist (1841-1912), American writer
Augustus Gilchrist (born 1989), American basketball player
Brent Gilchrist (born 1967), Canadian ice hockey player
Bruce Gilchrist (1930–2015), Notable figure in modern computing
Charles W. Gilchrist, Montgomery County, Maryland politician
Cameron Gilchrist, Scottish footballer
Charlotte Gilchrist (b. c. 1834), Maryland slave escaped to Canada
Connie Gilchrist (1901–1985), American stage and screen actress
Connie Gilchrist, Countess of Orkney (1865–1946), child actor and artist's model
Cookie Gilchrist (1935–2011), American football player
Craig Gilchrist (born 1970), South African basketball coach and former player
Donald Gilchrist (1922–2017), Canadian figure skater paired with Marlene Smith
Ellen Gilchrist (born 1935), American novelist
Emma Gilchrist, Canadian journalist
Garlin Gilchrist (born 1982), lieutenant governor of Michigan
Gordon Gilchrist (born 1985) Scottish Artist
Gordon Gilchrist (born 1928), Canadian politician
Grant Gilchrist (born 1990), Scottish rugby union player
Guy Gilchrist, American cartoonist
Harald Gilchrist, the 19th/20th king of Norway during the Civil War Era
James Gilchrist (tenor), tenor
Jeremy Gilchrist (born 1986), US and Canadian football wide receiver
Jim Gilchrist (born 1949), founder of the Minutemen Project
John Gilchrist (disambiguation), several people

John Gilchrist (actor) (born 1968), former child actor
John Gilchrist (basketball) (born 1985), American basketball player
John Gilchrist (cricketer) (born 1932), English cricketer
John Gilchrist (footballer, born 1900) (1900–1950), Scottish footballer
John Gilchrist (footballer, born 1939) (1939–1991), Scottish footballer
John Gilchrist (judge) (1809–1858), American judge
John Gilchrist (linguist) (1759–1841), Scottish surgeon and Indologist
John Gilchrist (New Zealand politician) (1872–1947), political activist
John Gilchrist (Province of Canada politician) (1792–1859), politician in Province of Canada
John Gilchrist (zoologist) (1866–1926), Scottish South African ichthyologist

Joyce Gilchrist (1948–2015), American forensic chemist
Keir Gilchrist, British-Canadian actor
Lara Gilchrist, Canadian actress
Len Gilchrist (1881–1958), English footballer
Marcus Gilchrist, American football player
Maude Gilchrist (1861–1952), American botanist, college dean
Michael Gilchrist (born 1960), New Zealand athlete
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (born 1993), American basketball player
Nathan Gilchrist, English cricketer
Percy Gilchrist (1851–1935), British chemist and metallurgist
Robert Murray Gilchrist (1867–1917), horror writer
Rosetta Luce Gilchrist (1850–1921), American physician, writer
Roy Gilchrist (1934–2001), West Indies cricketer
Stephen Gilchrist, English drummer
Stephen Gilchrist Glover (born 1974), American television personality Steve-O
Steve Gilchrist (born 1954), Canadian politician
William Gilchrist, American composer
William Sidney Gilchrist, medical missionary to Angola

Given name

Sidney Gilchrist Thomas, British inventor
Caroline Gilchrist Rhea, American actress, stand-up comedian

References

^ "Gilchrist Family History". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
^ Black, GF (1971) [1946]. The Surnames of Scotland: Their Origin, Meaning, and History. New York: The New York Public Library. p. 299. ISBN 0-87104-172-3. OL 8346130M – via Open Library.
^ Owen, RC (1993). The Modern Gaelic-English Dictionary. Glasgow: Gairm Publishers. p. 138. ISBN 1-871901-29-4.
^ Mark, C (2003). The Gaelic-English Dictionary. New York: Routledge. p. 719. ISBN 0-203-27706-6.

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