Gillespie
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Gillespie is both a masculine given name
, and a surname
in the English language
. It is an Anglicised form of the Irish language
Mac Giolla Easpaig and the Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Easbuig, which are patronymic
forms of a byname which means "servant of the bishop". In Ireland the Gillespie sept originated in Donegal
while in Scotland the Gillespie name came from Lennox
. Other forms of the name include Gillaspie and Gillispie.
Gillaspie
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
, and a surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
in the English language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
. It is an Anglicised form of the Irish language
Irish language
Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of...
Mac Giolla Easpaig and the Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Easbuig, which are patronymic
Patronymic
A patronym, or patronymic, is a component of a personal name based on the name of one's father, grandfather or an even earlier male ancestor. A component of a name based on the name of one's mother or a female ancestor is a matronymic. Each is a means of conveying lineage.In many areas patronyms...
forms of a byname which means "servant of the bishop". In Ireland the Gillespie sept originated in Donegal
Donegal
Donegal or Donegal Town is a town in County Donegal, Ireland. Its name, which was historically written in English as Dunnagall or Dunagall, translates from Irish as "stronghold of the foreigners" ....
while in Scotland the Gillespie name came from Lennox
Lennox (district)
The district of Lennox , often known as "the Lennox", is a region of Scotland centred around the village of Lennoxtown in East Dunbartonshire, eight miles north of the centre of Glasgow. At various times in history, the district has had both a dukedom and earldom associated with it.- External...
. Other forms of the name include Gillaspie and Gillispie.
Surname
Gillespie- A. Arnold GillespieA. Arnold GillespieAlbert Arnold Gillespie was an American cinema special effects artist.-Early years:Gillespie joined MGM as a set designer in 1925, a year after it was founded. He was educated at Columbia University and the Arts Students League. His first project was the silent film Ben-Hur, released that same year...
(1899-1978), American cinema special effects artist - Aaron GillespieAaron GillespieAaron Roderick Gillespie is an American musician, best known for being the former drummer and clean vocalist for the metalcore band Underoath, and the current lead singer and rhythm guitarist for the alternative rock band The Almost...
(born 1983), American rock singer & drummer - Alastair GillespieAlastair GillespieAlastair William Gillespie, PC, OC is a former Canadian politician.Born in Victoria, British Columbia, Gillespie attended Brentwood College School, McGill University and then Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. After receiving a business degree from the University of Toronto, he went on to...
(born 1922), Canadian politician - Alessa Gillespie, character from the Silent HillSilent Hillis a survival horror video game series consisting of seven installments published by Konami and its subsidiary Konami Digital Entertainment. The first four games in the series, Silent Hill, Silent Hill 2, 3 and 4, have been developed by an internal factor, Team Silent...
series - Archibald H. GillespieArchibald H. GillespieMajor Archibald H. Gillespie was an officer in the United States Marine Corps during the Mexican-American War....
(1810-1873), officer in the United States Marine Corps - Billy GillespieBilly GillespieBilly Gillespie was a football player for Sheffield United over a twenty year period from 1913 to 1932, scoring over 137 League and Cup goals in 492 games for the South Yorkshire side....
(1891-1981), Irish football (soccer) player - Bobby GillespieBobby GillespieRobert Bernard Andrew "Bobby" Gillespie is a Scottish musician. He is the lead singer and founding member of the alternative rock band, Primal Scream. He was also the drummer for The Jesus and Mary Chain in the mid-1980s.- Early life :Born and raised in the south side district of Mount Florida in...
(born 1964), Scottish rock and roll musician - Brock GillespieBrock GillespieBrock Andrew Gillespie is an American professional basketball player. He has played in the United States and in various countries abroad. He was named as a high school All-American by USA Today, Street & Smith's and McDonald's while he was attending Clarksville High School in Tennessee...
(born 1983), professional basketball player - Craig GillespieCraig GillespieCraig Gillespie is an Australian film director best known for directing the 2007 films Lars and the Real Girl and the Fright Night remake.-Early life:...
(born 1967), Australian film director - Dahlia Gillespie, character from the Silent Hill series
- Dan Gillespie, mathematical chemist
- Dan Gillespie SellsDan Gillespie SellsDaniel Giles Gillespie Sells is a British singer-songwriter and guitarist, best known as being the lead vocalist and frontman for the pop band, The Feeling.-Biography:...
(born 1979), English singer - Dana GillespieDana GillespieDana Gillespie is an English actress and singer.-Career:Gillespie was born to the Baron De Winterstein Gillespie, an Austrian radiologist, and his wife. She grew up in England and her family's villa in Maccagno, a village on Lake Maggiore, Italy...
(born 1949), British actress and singer - Darlene GillespieDarlene GillespieDarlene Faye Gillespie is a former child actor. She is best known for having been a singer and dancer on the original Mickey Mouse Club television show from 1955 to 1958. Her Irish father and French-Canadian mother were a former vaudeville dance team...
(born 1941), Mousekateer born in Canada - David GillespieDavid GillespieDavid "Cement" Gillespie is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 90s. A sturdy forward, he played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Western Suburbs Magpies, Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, New South Wales and for the Australian national side...
, Australian rugby league footballer - Dean M. GillespieDean M. GillespieDean Milton Gillespie was a U.S. Representative from Colorado.Born in Salina, Kansas, Gillespie attended the public schools and Salina Normal University....
(1884-1949), American politician - Dizzy GillespieDizzy GillespieJohn Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie was an American jazz trumpet player, bandleader, singer, and composer dubbed "the sound of surprise".Together with Charlie Parker, he was a major figure in the development of bebop and modern jazz...
(1917-1993), American jazz musician - Earl GillespieEarl GillespieEarl W. Gillespie was an American sportscaster, best known as the radio voice of Major League Baseball's Milwaukee Braves from 1953 to 1963....
(1922-2003), American sportscaster - Ed GillespieEd GillespieEdward W. Gillespie is an American Republican political strategist and former Counselor to the President in the George W. Bush White House. Gillespie, along with Jack Quinn, former Chief of Staff to Vice President Al Gore, founded Quinn Gillespie & Associates, a bipartisan lobbying firm...
(born 1962), American lobbyist - Gary GillespieGary GillespieGary Thompson Gillespie was a defender who played football for Liverpool through much of their dominant period of the 1980s.-Early career:...
(born 1960), Scottish footballer - George GillespieGeorge GillespieGeorge Gillespie was a Scottish theologian.-Life:He was born at Kirkcaldy, where his father, John Gillespie, was parish minister, and studied at St. Andrews University as a "presbytery bursar". On graduating he became domestic chaplain to John Gordon, 1st Viscount Kenmure , and afterwards to John...
(1613-1648), Scottish theologian - George Lewis Gillespie, Jr.George Lewis Gillespie, Jr.George Gillespie, Jr., was an American soldier who received the highest military decoration that the United States bestows to members of the military, the Medal of Honor, for his actions during the American Civil War....
(1841-1913), US Army officer - Gina GillespieGina GillespieGina Gillespie is a former American actress who had a brief but extensive career in television and film during her childhood and youth.- Early life :...
(born 1951), American actress - Jacqueline Pascarl-Gillespie (born 1963), Australian author
- James GillespieJames GillespieJames Gillespie was a Democratic-Republican U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1793 and 1799....
(c.1747-1805), American politician - Jason GillespieJason GillespieJason Neil Gillespie is an Australian cricketer who formerly represented Australia at international level, in both Tests and One Day Internationals, and South Australia, Yorkshire and Glamorgan at first-class level. His primary role is as a right-arm fast-medium bowler, but he is also a competent...
(born 1975), Australian cricketer - John H. GillespieJohn H. GillespieJohn H. Gillespie is an evolutionary biologist interested in theoretical population genetics and molecular evolution. In molecular evolution, he emphasized the importance of advantageous mutations and balancing selection. For that reason, Gillespie is well known for his selectionist stance in the...
, American evolutionary biologist - Keith GillespieKeith GillespieKeith Robert Gillespie is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays in midfield for Longford Town....
(born 1975), Northern Irish footballer - Margaret V. GillespieMargaret V. GillespieMargaret Vandemore Gillespie is a Democratic member of the South Dakota House of Representatives, representing the 16th District since 2001. Her district includes Lincoln and Union counties.Gillespie is an attorney living in Hudson, South Dakota....
(born 1969), American politician - Mark Gillespie (disambiguation)
- Mike Gillespie (disambiguation)
- Mitch GillespieMitch GillespieRobert Mitchell Gillespie is a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's eighty-fifth House district, including constituents in Burke, Caldwell and McDowell counties. A small business owner from Marion, North Carolina, Gillespie is currently serving in his...
, American politician - Nick GillespieNick GillespieNick Gillespie is the editor of Reason.com and Reason.tv and was the editor in chief of Reason magazine from 2000 to 2008...
(born 1963), American editor & political writer - Paul GillespiePaul GillespieFor the Irish Times columnist, see Paul Gillespie Paul Allen Gillespie was a Major League Baseball catcher for the Chicago Cubs in 1942, 1944, and 1945. A native of Sugar Valley, Georgia, he stood 6'3" and weighed 195 lbs.Gillespie is one of many ballplayers who only appeared in the major...
(1920-1970), Major League Baseball catcher - Paul E. Gillespie (born 1960), CEO of Kinsa, Ex. Police Officer in Toronto Canada
- Robert GillespieRobert GillespieRobert Gillespie is a British actor.He was brought up in Nantes until his parents moved to Manchester, having arrived in Plymouth in 1940...
- Ronald GillespieRonald GillespieRonald James Gillespie, CM , a chemistry professor at McMaster University, specializes in the field of Molecular Geometry in Chemistry. In 2007 he was awarded the Order of Canada....
(born 1924), Canadian chemist - Ross GillespieRoss GillespieJohn Ross Gillespie is a former field hockey player from New Zealand. Gillepsie represented New Zealand at the Summer Olympics twice as a player, in 1960 and 1964. He was a member of the coaching staff at the Olympics in 1972 and with the gold medal winning team of 1976.-References:...
(born 1935), New Zealand hockey player - Shaun Gillespie, Canadian politician & new wave musician
- Steven GillespieSteven GillespieSteven Gillespie is an English professional footballer currently playing for Colchester United.-Early career:Gillespie, who plays as a striker, began his career as a trainee for Liverpool....
(born 1985), English footballer - Stuart GillespieStuart GillespieStuart Ross Gillespie is a former New Zealand cricketer who played one Test and 19 One Day Internationals for the New Zealand cricket team....
(born 1957), New Zealand cricketer - Thomas Gillespie (disambiguation)
- William Gillespie (1894-1938), Scottish actor
Gillaspie
- Conor GillaspieConor GillaspieConor Michael Gillaspie is a Major League Baseball third baseman for the San Francisco Giants.-Baseball career:...
(born 1987), American baseball player - Kayne GillaspieKayne GillaspieJohnathan Kayne Gillaspie is an American fashion designer, specializing in beauty pageant gowns. He was a contestant on the third season of the Bravo reality series Project Runway after being rejected during second-season auditions....
(born 1979), American fashion designer
Other uses
- James Gillespie's High SchoolJames Gillespie's High SchoolJames Gillespie's High School is a state secondary school in Marchmont, Edinburgh. The school is a comprehensive High School, educating pupils aged 11 to 18 years of age. It has recently celebrated its 200th anniversary, and its campus consists of primarily 1960s buildings alongside the 16th...
, Edinburgh, Scotland - Gillespie, IllinoisGillespie, IllinoisGillespie is a city in Macoupin County, Illinois, United States. The population was 3,412 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Gillespie is located at ....
, a small city in the United States - Gillespie algorithmGillespie algorithmIn probability theory, the Gillespie algorithm generates a statistically correct trajectory of a stochastic equation. It was created by Joseph L...
for solving stochastic equations - Gillespie County, TexasGillespie County, TexasGillespie County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2010, its population was 24,837. It is located in the heart of the Texas Hill Country. Gillespie is named for Robert Addison Gillespie, who came to Texas in 1837. He was a Texas Ranger, an Indian fighter, a...
- Gillespie FieldGillespie FieldGillespie Field is a county-owned public-use airport located 10 miles northeast of the central business district of San Diego, in El Cajon, San Diego County, California, United States....
, a county-owned public-use airport near San Diego, California - Gillespie RoadGillespie RoadGillespie Road is a road in Highbury, North London, running east-west along the north side of the Arsenal Stadium, previously home of Arsenal Football Club. Arsenal tube station was originally named Gillespie Road, before being given its current name in 1932 following pressure from the club...
, a road in Highbury - Gillespie Road Underground station
- Gillespie syndromeGillespie syndromeGillespie syndrome, also called aniridia, cerebellar ataxia and mental deficiency and Gillespie's syndrome II, is a rare genetic disorder. The disorder is characterized by partial aniridia , ataxia , and, in most cases, intellectual disability...
, a rare genetic disorder - Gillespie, Kidd & CoiaGillespie, Kidd & CoiaGillespie, Kidd & Coia were a Scottish architectural firm famous for their application of modernism in churches and universities, as well as at St Peter's Seminary in Cardross. Though founded in 1927, it is for their work in the post-war period that they are best known...
, a Scottish architectural practice