Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gilliland

/ɡˈɪlələnd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.22 in modern English

Syllables: gilliland
IPA: /ɡˈɪlələnd/

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Etymology

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.

Origin

Source language: Scottish Gaelic

Word Breakdown

Root: Mac Gille Fhaoláin, Mac Giolla Fhaoláin

Inflected Forms

Gillilands (plural) Gilleland (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce gilliland?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɡˈɪlələnd/.
What does gilliland mean?: A surname.
Where does gilliland come from?: It is traced to Scottish Gaelic.

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