Gilliland

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Gilliland

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Reduced Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Fhaoláin and Irish Mac Giolla Fhaoláin (“son of the servant of (saint) Faolán”), a personal name thought to be a diminutive of Irish faol (“wolf”). Compare the surname McClellan.

proper noun Gillilands · Gilleland

A surname.

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"Gilliland." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/gilliland. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Gilliland. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/gilliland

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"Gilliland." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/gilliland.

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@misc{gilliland_2026,
  title = {Gilliland},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gilliland},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}