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Gildernew Surname Meaning

Reduced form (with intrusive d and r) of Mac Giolla na Naomh ‘son of Giolla na Naomh’ a personal name meaning ‘servant of the saints’.

It was sometimes heard as Giolla na nÁth ‘lad of the fords’ and the surname was thus ‘translated’ as Forde.

Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016


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You can see how Gildernew families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Gildernew family name was found in the USA, and Scotland between 1880 and 1920. The most Gildernew families were found in USA in 1880. In 1901 there were 2 Gildernew families living in Lanarkshire. This was 100% of all the recorded Gildernew's in Scotland. Lanarkshire had the highest population of Gildernew families in 1901.
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Between 1967 and 2000, in the United States, Gildernew life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1985, and highest in 1990. The average life expectancy for Gildernew in 1967 was 66, and 65 in 2000.

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