Gilmore

Where Gilmore comes from

From Scottish Gaelic gille (“servant lad”) + Moire (“Mary mother of Jesus”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Gilmore
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1892
    Gilmore David Clarke born
    American architect
  2. 1902
    First appearance
    #1,137 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1914
    Peak, #986
    32 babies named Gilmore — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1921
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,152.
  5. 1990
    Gilmore Junio born
    Canadian speed skater
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Gilmore David Clarke · American architect, 1892–1982
  • Gilmore Junio · Canadian speed skater, born 1990

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.