The gildea Surname
gildea Name Meaning and History
Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Dhé
‘son of the servant of God’, from Dia ‘God’. The name
originated with a monastic family in Donegal in the 11th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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