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Name Gillespie
Type Surname (from occupation)
Usage Scottish, Irish
Edit Status Status
Meaning & History
Gillespie can be of Scottish and Irish origin. The literal meaning is "servant of bishop", but it is a forename rather than a status name. The Irish Gillespies, originally MacGiollaEaspuig, are said to to be called after one Easpog Eoghan, or Bishop Owen, of Ardstraw, County Tyrone. He is also called Saint Eoghan, d. 618.