Gilmore (surname)
Gilmore and Gillmore are surnames with several origins and meanings.
The name can be of Irish, in particular from Ulster, and Scottish Highland origin, Anglicised from the Gaelic Mac Gille Mhoire, Mac Giolla Mhuire. The name was a patronymic name meaning "servant of Mary".
Gilmore is an alternative, or sept, of Clan Morrison from Scotland, known as MacGilleMhoire in Scottish Gaelic. Gillmore has been noted as a derivative of the Scottish Gaelic Gille-mòr, meaning "great servant", a name given to the armour-bearer to a Highland chief, or more prosaically to the servant or henchman of a chief.
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". In County Sligo, Gilmore is an Anglicisation of Mac Giolla Mhir meaning "son of the spirited lad".
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People surnamed Gilmore or Gillmore
- Aaron Gilmore, New Zealand politician
- Ada Gilmore, American watercolorist and printmaker
- Alan C. Gilmore, New Zealand astronomer
- Alexander Gilmore Cochran, American politician
- Alexie Gilmore, American actress
- Alfred Gilmore, American politician
- Art Gilmore, American voice actor
- Artis Gilmore, American basketball player
- Bernard Gilmore, American composer
- Bob Gilmore, Northern Irish musicologist
- Boyd Gilmore, American Delta blues singer, guitarist and songwriter
- Brenda Gilmore, American politician
- Brian Gilmore, Australian footballer
- Bryan Gilmore, American footballer
- Charles W. Gilmore, American paleontologist
- Craig Gilmore, American actor
- Daniel Gilmore, Australian footballer
- David Gilmore, American jazz guitarist
- David Gillmore, British diplomat
- Eamon Gilmore, Irish politician
- Edward Gilmore, American politician
- Grover Gilmore (baseball), American baseball player
- Elka Gilmore, American chef
- Eugene Allen Gilmore, American lawyer, diplomat and politician
- Florence Magruder Gilmore, American author
- Frederick Gilmore, American boxer
- Gail Gilmore, Canadian actress and dancer
- Gary Gilmore, American murderer
- Gary Gilmore (baseball), American baseball coach
- George Gilmore, IRA leader
- Glen Gilmore (polo player), Australian polo player
- Glenda Gilmore, American historian
- Grant Gilmore, American law professor
- Greg Gilmore, American musician
- Grover C. Gilmore, American psychologist
- Harold LeBruce Gilmore, American politician
- Helen Gilmore, American actress
- Howard W. Gilmore, US Navy submarine commander and Medal of Honor recipient
- Ian Gilmore, British hepatologist
- Inez Haynes Gillmore, American feminist author
- Jared S. Gilmore, American child actor
- Jennifer Gilmore, American novelist
- Jim Gilmore, American politician
- Jimmie Dale Gilmore, American country singer
- Joe Gilmore, barman
- Joey Gilmore, American electric blues and soul blues singer
- John Gilmore (disambiguation) various people including:
- Joseph A. Gilmore, American railroad superintendent
- Julianna Gilmore, birth name of Christian singer Julianna Zobrist
- June Gilmore, American baseball player
- Len Gilmore, American baseball player
- Lillian Gilmore American actress
- Lyman Gilmore, American aviation pioneer
- Margalo Gillmore, English-born American actress
- Margaret Gilmore, British journalist
- Maria McIlvaine Gillmore, American writer and missionary
- Marion Gilmore, American artist
- Martha Gilmore,, American planetary geologist
- Marshall Gilmore, American Methodist bishop
- Dame Mary Gilmore, Australian poet and journalist
- Matthew Gilmore, Belgian-Australian track cyclist
- Mikal Gilmore, American music journalist
- Patrick Gilmore (actor), Canadian actor
- Patrick Gilmore, Irish-born American composer and bandmaster
- Peter Gilmore, British actor
- Peter H. Gilmore, American author; administrator of the Church of Satan
- Quincy Adams Gillmore, American author, civil engineer and general
- Rachna Gilmore, Canadian children's writer
- Rebecca Gilmore, Australian diver
- Richie Gilmore, American motorsport executive
- Rochelle Gilmore, Australian racing cyclist
- Samuel Louis Gilmore, American politician
- Scott Gilmore, social entrepreneur
- Stephon Gilmore, American football player
- Steve Gilmore (admiral), Australian naval officer
- Stuart Gilmore, American film editor
- Susan Gilmore, English actress
- Ted Gilmore, American football coach
- Thea Gilmore, British singer/songwriter
- Tom Gilmore (disambiguation) various people including:
- Vanessa Gilmore, American jurist
- Virginia Gilmore, American actress
- Voit Gilmore, American politician
- William Gilmore (disambiguation) various people including:
- William Gilmore Simms, American poet, novelist and historian
Fictional characters
- Jim Gilmore, protagonist of Ernest Hemingway's early short story "Up in Michigan," written in 1921 and revised in 1938.
- Hugh Gilmore, alter ego alias of pulp magazine character Jethro Dumont as The Green Lama
- The title family in the comedy-drama series Gilmore Girls
- *Lorelai Gilmore and Rory Gilmore, mother-and-daughter protagonists
- *Emily Gilmore, Lorelai's mother and Rory's grandmother
- *Richard Gilmore, Lorelai's father and Rory's grandfather.
- Happy Gilmore, the title character of the Adam Sandler movie Happy Gilmore.
- Shaun Gilmore, a recurring character in the first season of Critical Role, a powerful sorcerer and ally of Vox Machina who runs Gilmore's Glorious Goods, a store selling magical items and artifacts.
- Hannah Gilmore, a character in the British soap opera ''Coronation Street''