Poland (surname) cases, particularly in Ireland, the English "Poland" is a variant of "Polin", which is in turn an Anglicised form of the original Gaelic spelling of "Mac Póilín", which translated from Irish means "son of little Paul". This Irish surname originated as a patronymic, derived from a pet form of the Irish "Pól" (the English form of which is "Paul"). There are multiple formulations of the anglicised spelling quite often with the 'Mac' or 'Mc' removed, including: (Mc)Poland, (Mc)Polin, (Mc)Polland, (Mc)Pullen, (Mc)Pullin, (Mc)Polan which in Ireland come from the same original Gaelic. The variety in spelling of this Irish surname and
Gillespie (surname) Gillespie (surname) Gillespie () is both a masculine given name, and a surname in the English language. The given name is an Anglicised form of the Gaelic "Gille Easbaig" (also rendered "Gilleasbaig"), meaning "bishop's servant". The surname "Gillespie" is an Anglicised form of the Scottish Gaelic "Mac Gille Easbuig", and the Irish "Mac Giolla Easpaig", both of which mean "servant of the bishop". The given name itself is derived from a word of Latin origin. Specifically, the Old Irish "epscop" being derived from the Latin "episcopus". An early example of the name in Scotland occurs in a charter dated 1175–1199,