Gillies is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, Scotland. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Gillies
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Ireland, Scotland
Meaning:

A variant form of Gillis. The servant or disciple of Jesus.

Is a form of Gillie. A menial servant.

Gaelic Gille Jesa, the Servant or Follower of Jesus; "a youth under the protection of Jesus." Johnstone's Anecd. of Olave the Black, 1780.

How popular is Gillies?

Despite the fact that the number of Gillies bearers increased by 3.98 per cent in 2010 US census to 2820 since 2000, the surname slipped by 412 spots and ranked at 11209. The last name was found in around 10 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 87.52 91.19
Black 4.89 3.69
Hispanic or Latino 3.51 1.92
Others 1.81 1.66
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.74 1.25
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.53 0.29

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Nancy Gillies worked as maid and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 26 years old embarked for New-York from Liverpool on Marmion and arrived on April 30, 1849. Alexr. Gillies, aged 44, Mary-Ann Gillies, aged 23, John Gillies (20) Immigrant, 21 years old Thomas Gillies, 21 years old Jane Gillies, Workman Patrick Gillies, 28 years old Francis Gillies, are other Gillies that migrated to US from Greenock, Liverpool and Glasgow.

From Germany

Celestine Gillies hailed from Basel, Switzerland. 31 years old embarked for USA from Hamburg & Havre on Hammonia and arrived on June 29, 1888.

Gillies Namesakes

  • William Gillies, Scottish patriot and a socialist
  • William George Gillies, renowned Scottish landscape and still life painter
  • Ian Gillies, accomplished quiz player and question setter
  • Shawn Gillies, Jamaican born
  • Midge Gillies, British journalist
  • Michael Thomas Gillies,
  • Pamela Gillies, Scottish academic and educator
  • Thomas Gillies, 19th-century New Zealand lawyer
  • Eric Gillies, former Canadian ice dancer
  • Donald B. Gillies, Canadian mathematician and computer scientist,
  • Harold Gillies, New Zealand-born, and later London-based
  • Ben Gillies, Australian musician
  • Clark Gillies, Canadian former professional ice hockey player
  • William S. Gillies, American artist
  • Anne Lorne Gillies, singer, writer and Gaelic activist
  • Daniel Gillies, Canadian-born New Zealand actor
  • Phil Gillies, former politician in Ontario, Canada
  • Duncan Gillies, Australian colonial politician
  • Max Gillies, Australian actor and a founding member of the 1970s experimental theatre company
  • Fiona Gillies, British actress
  • Isabel Gillies, She played Elliot Stabler's wife, Kathy
  • Simon Gillies, Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 1990s
  • Trevor Gillies, former Canadian professional ice hockey player
  • Kylie Gillies, Australian television presenter for the Seven Network
  • Matt Gillies, Scottish football player and manager
  • Rowan Gillies, plastic surgeon from Sydney
  • Betty Gillies, pioneering American aviator
  • Colton Gillies, Canadian professional ice hockey left winger
  • Joseph Alexander Gillies, Canadian politician

Gillies Namesakes

  • William Gillies, Scottish patriot and a socialist
  • William George Gillies, renowned Scottish landscape and still life painter
  • Ian Gillies, accomplished quiz player and question setter
  • Shawn Gillies, Jamaican born
  • Midge Gillies, British journalist
  • Michael Thomas Gillies,
  • Pamela Gillies, Scottish academic and educator
  • Thomas Gillies, 19th-century New Zealand lawyer
  • Eric Gillies, former Canadian ice dancer
  • Donald B. Gillies, Canadian mathematician and computer scientist,
  • Harold Gillies, New Zealand-born, and later London-based
  • Ben Gillies, Australian musician
  • Clark Gillies, Canadian former professional ice hockey player
  • William S. Gillies, American artist
  • Anne Lorne Gillies, singer, writer and Gaelic activist
  • Daniel Gillies, Canadian-born New Zealand actor
  • Phil Gillies, former politician in Ontario, Canada
  • Duncan Gillies, Australian colonial politician
  • Max Gillies, Australian actor and a founding member of the 1970s experimental theatre company
  • Fiona Gillies, British actress
  • Isabel Gillies, She played Elliot Stabler's wife, Kathy
  • Simon Gillies, Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 1990s
  • Trevor Gillies, former Canadian professional ice hockey player
  • Kylie Gillies, Australian television presenter for the Seven Network
  • Matt Gillies, Scottish football player and manager
  • Rowan Gillies, plastic surgeon from Sydney
  • Betty Gillies, pioneering American aviator
  • Colton Gillies, Canadian professional ice hockey left winger
  • Joseph Alexander Gillies, Canadian politician

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