MEANING & HISTORY
What does Gilmore mean?
Gilmore’s given-name account leads to Scottish Gaelic gille, servant or lad, with the name of Mary, mother of Jesus. The devotional interpretation is servant of Mary.
The Cebuano entry records borrowing through English, which is the immediate donor rather than the ultimate source of the elements. The written form also occurs as a surname. That shared spelling does not establish a particular bearer’s family ancestry or require that the name was chosen as an explicit religious dedication.
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Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
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CebuanoEtymology & source
Borrowed from English Gilmore.
a male given name from English
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EnglishEtymology & source
From Scottish Gaelic gille (“servant lad”) + Moire (“Mary mother of Jesus”).
A male given name.
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PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Gilmore in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Gilmore
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Gilbert♂Pledge and brightness or fame
- Gil♂Form of Giles, short form of Gilbert, or Hebrew joy
- Gilberto♂Bright pledge
- Gilda♀Payment or tribute; shortened from -gilda names
- Giliw·Beloved; cherished person
- Gilly♀Familiar form of Gillian
- Ginger♂♀Familiar form of Virginia; also a red-haired nickname
- Girlie♀English girlie word used as a given name
What rhymes with Gilmore?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
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- Wiktionary contributors — Gilmore (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Gilmore (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.