Gilstrap Family History
Gilstrap Name Meaning
English: variant of Gelsthorpe a habitational name from a place of this name in Whixley (Yorkshire). The first element of the placename is an Old English or Old Norse personal name the second is Old Norse thorp ‘hamlet settlement’. Alternatively perhaps an Anglicized form of a Danish habitational name from Gelstrup or Gølstrup in Jutland.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022