English Explanatory Dictionary

Gilhooly

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Irish.

Word forms

Gilhooly Gilhoolys Gilhooley Gillooly

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Ghuala (“son of the gluttonous lad”), from giolla (“boy, lad”) and guala (“gullet, gut”).

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