Gilroy - Meaning of Gilroy

What does Gilroy mean?

[ 2 syll. gil-roy, gi-lr-oy ] The baby boy name Gilroy is pronounced as GIHLR-oy †. Gilroy is an English and Gaelic name of Celtic origin. The name's meaning is son of the red head.

The names Gilderoy, Gildray, Gildroy, Gillray, Gillroy, Gilray, and Roy are variant forms of Gilroy.

See also the related categories, red (rose), english, son (heir), and celtic.

Gilroy is infrequently used as a baby name for boys. It is not ranked within the top 1000 names. Among the group of boy names directly linked to Gilroy, Roy was the most widely used in 2018.

Baby names that sound like Gilroy include Gillroy, Gailor, Gaylar, Gayler, Gaylir, Gaylor, Gaylord, Gaylur, Gaylyr, Gillray, and Gilray.

† Pronunciation for Gilroy: G as in "grin (G.R.IH.N)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; OY as in "toy (T.OY)"



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