Gilmore (surname) Gilmore (surname) Gilmore and Gillmore are surnames with several origins and meanings. The name can be of Irish (from Ulster) and Scottish Highland origin, Anglicised from the Gaelic "Mac Gille Mhoire" (Scottish Gaelic), "Mac Giolla Mhuire" (Ulster Irish Gaelic). The name was a patronymic name meaning "servant of (the Virgin) Mary". Another origin of the surname Gilmore is Irish, with two separate meanings. In County Armagh, the name is an Anglicised form of "Mac Giolla Mhura" "servant of St. Mura" (of Fahan, County Donegal). In County Sligo, "Gilmore" is an Anglicisation of "Mac Giolla Mhir" meaning "son of the spirited
Mac Amhalghaidh "Nic Amhalghaidh". This feminine surname is actually a contracted form of "iníon Mhic Amhalghaidh", which translates into English as "daughter of "Mac Amhalghaidh"". The form of the surname for married females is "Bean Mhic Amhalghaidh", which translates into English as "wife of "Mac Amhalghaidh""; this feminine surname can also be represented in the contracted form "Mhic Amhalghaidh". A cognate of the Irish "Mac Amhalghaidh" is the Scottish Gaelic "MacAmhalghaidh". The feminine form of this Scottish Gaelic surname is "NicAmhalghaidh". This feminine name is composed of the prefix "Nic-", which is an abbreviated form of the Scottish Gaelic "nighean mhic" or