Gilhooly

English

Alternative forms

• Gilhooley, Gillooly

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Ghuala (“son of the gluttonous lad”), from giolla (“boy, lad”) and guala (“gullet, gut”).

Proper noun

Gilhooly (plural Gilhoolys)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Gilhooly is the 37591^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 592 individuals. Gilhooly is most common among White (94.43%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Gilhooly”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 43.