Gilpatrick

English

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Phádraig (“son of the servant of (saint) Patrick”). Compare also the surname Kilpatrick.

Proper noun

Gilpatrick (plural Gilpatricks)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Gilpatrick is the 23714^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1068 individuals. Gilpatrick is most common among White (93.16%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Gilpatrick”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 44.