Släkthistoria för Gildernew
Gildernew Vad efternamn betyder
reduced form (with intrusive d and r) of Mac Giolla na Naomh ‘son of Giolla na Naomh’ a personal name meaning ‘servant of the saints’. It was sometimes heard as Giolla na nÁth ‘lad of the fords’ and the surname was thus ‘translated’ as Forde.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
