indicate the level to which a name has been verified.
Type Surname (from location & from given name)
Usage English, Irish, Northern Irish
Meaning & History
English: in the northeast, from the Gilpin river in Cumbria; in southern counties, probably a variant of Galpin. Irish (Connacht): reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Fionn ‘son of the fair-haired lad’. In Ulster, the name may be of northern English origin, see above.