Gilchrist

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Gilcrease

Etymology

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Gillechrìosd (“servant of Christ”), from gille + Crìosd.

Proper noun

Gilchrist (countable and uncountable, plural Gilchrists)

1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
2. An unincorporated community in Klamath County, Oregon, United States.
3. An unincorporated community in Galveston County, Texas, United States.

Derived terms

• Gilchrist County

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Gilchrist is the 2811^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 12825 individuals. Gilchrist is most common among White (62.2%) and Black/African American (32.8%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Gilchrist”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 42.