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Gilmer - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Gilmer

[ 2 syll. gil-mer, gi-lm-er ] The boy name Gilmer is pronounced GIHLMer KEY. Gilmer is of Gaelic origin and it is used mainly in English. Gilmer is a form of the English Gilmore.

Gilmer is uncommon as a baby boy name. At the modest height of its usage in 1907, 0.006% of baby boys were named Gilmer. It had a ranking of #958 then. The baby name has seen a decline in frequency since then, and is currently of only irregular use. Within all boy names in its family, Gilmer was nevertheless the most widely used in 2008.

A baby name that sounds like Gilmer is the English Gilmore.

KEY: Pronunciation for Gilmer: G as in "green (G.R.IY.N)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)"


 
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