Scottish Gaelic names

Gillechrìosd: how to pronounce it and what it means

Boys' names

Name and meaning

Servant of Christ

Origin

From gille, ‘servant’, and Crìosd, ‘Christ’. Gilchrist is an English naming equivalent.

How to pronounce it

Gillechrìosd

Used as the equivalent of: Gilchrist, Christopher

Naming equivalents do not always have the same origin.

Sources

Name definitions adapted from Wiktionary via Kaikki.org (CC BY-SA 4.0). CC BY-SA 4.0

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