# 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 (Scottish Gaelic), Mac Giolla Mhuire (Ulster Irish Gaelic). The name was a patronymic name meaning "servant of (the Virgin) 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-mohr, meaning "great servant", a name given to the armour-bearer to a Highland chief,$^{:129}$ or more prosaically to the servant or henchman of a chief.$^{:416}$
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" (of Fahan, County Donegal). In County Sligo, Gilmore is an Anglicisation of Mac Giolla Mhir meaning "son of the spirited lad".
Surname Relationships :
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| Gilmour | — | — | X | | | | | | |
| Delmore | — | — | — | X | | | | | |
| Dilmer | — | — | — | — | X | | | | |
| Gilmer | — | — | — | — | — | X | | | |
| Kilgore | — | — | — | — | — | — | X | | |
| Killmore | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | X | |
| Larmore | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | X |

## People surnamed Gilmore or Gillmore

* Aaron Gilmore (born 1973), New Zealand MP elected in 2008
* Ada Gilmore (1883–1955), American watercolorist and printmaker
* Alan C. Gilmore, New Zealand astronomer
* Alexander Gilmore Cochran (1846–1928), American politician
* Alexie Gilmore (born 1976), American actress
* Alfred Gilmore (1812–1858), American politician
* Art Gilmore (1912–2010), American voice actor
* Artis Gilmore (born 1949), American basketball player
* Bernard Gilmore (1937–2013), American composer
* Bob Gilmore (born 1961), Northern Irish musicologist
* Boyd Gilmore (1905 or 1910–1976), American Delta blues singer, guitarist and songwriter
* Brenda Gilmore, American politician
* Brian Gilmore (1933–1959), Australian rules footballer
* Bryan Gilmore (born 1978), American footballer
* Charles W. Gilmore (1874–1945), American paleontologist
* Craig Gilmore (born 1968), American actor
* Daniel Gilmore (born 1983), former Australian rules footballer
* David Gilmore (born 1964), American jazz guitarist
* David Gillmore (1934–1999), British diplomat
* Eamon Gilmore (born 1955), Irish politician
* Edward Gilmore (1867–1924), American politician
* E. Grover Gilmore (baseball) born Edward Grover Gilmore (1888–1919), American baseball player
* Elka Gilmore (1960–2019), American chef
* Eugene Allen Gilmore (1871–1953), American lawyer, diplomat and politician
* Florence Magruder Gilmore (1881-1945), American author
* Frederick Gilmore (1887–1969), American professional boxer
* Gail Gilmore (1937–2014), Canadian actress and dancer
* Gary Gilmore (1940–1977), American murderer
* Gary Gilmore (baseball), American baseball coach
* George Gilmore (1898–1995), IRA leader
* Glen Gilmore (polo player), Australian polo player
* Glenda Gilmore, American historian
* Grant Gilmore (1910–1982), American law professor
* Greg Gilmore (born 1962), American musician
* Grover C. Gilmore (born 1950), American psychologist
* Harold LeBruce Gilmore (1912–1996), American politician
* Helen Gilmore (1900–1947), American actress
* Howard W. Gilmore (1902–1943), US Navy submarine commander and Medal of Honor recipient
* Ian Gilmore (born 1947), British professor of hepatology
* Inez Haynes Gillmore (1873–1970), an American feminist author, also known as Inez Haynes Irwin
* Jared S. Gilmore (born 2000), American child actor
* Jennifer Gilmore (born 1970), American novelist
* Jim Gilmore (born 1949), American politician
* Jimmie Dale Gilmore (born 1945), American country singer
* Joe Gilmore (1922–2015), One of the longest running Head Barmen at The Savoy Hotel's American Bar.
* Joey Gilmore (1944–2024), American electric blues and soul blues singer
* John Gilmore (disambiguation) various people including:
   * John Gilmore (activist) (born 1955), co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Cygnus Solutions
   * John Gilmore (musician) (1931–1995), American jazz saxophonist
   * John Gilmore (representative) (1780–1845), Pennsylvania politician
   * John Gilmore (tenor) (1950–1994), American operatic tenor
   * John Gilmore (writer) (1935–2016), American true crime writer, author of Hollywood memoirs, and novelist
   * John C. Gilmore (1837–1922), American Civil War soldier
   * John S. Gilmore, American sociologist
   * John Gilmore (American football) (John H. Gilmore, born 1979), American football player
   * John W. Gilmore (1872–1942), American agronomist, educator and academic administrator
* Joseph A. Gilmore (1811–1867), American railroad superintendent
* Julianna Gilmore, birth name of Christian singer Julianna Zobrist
* June Gilmore (1922–1980), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
* Len Gilmore (1917–2011), American baseball player
* Lyman Gilmore (1874–1951), American aviation pioneer
* Margalo Gillmore (1897–1986), English-born American actress
* Margaret Gilmore (born 1956), British journalist
* Marion Gilmore (1909–1984), American artist
* Martha Gilmore, (born 1980), American planetary geologist
* Marshall Gilmore (born 1931), American Methodist bishop
* Dame Mary Gilmore (1865–1962), Australian poet and journalist
* Matthew Gilmore (born 1972), Belgian-Australian track cyclist
* Mikal Gilmore (born 1951), American music journalist
* Patrick Gilmore (actor) (born 1976), Canadian actor
* Patrick Gilmore (1829–1892), Irish-born American composer and bandmaster
* Peter Gilmore (1931–2013), British actor
* Peter H. Gilmore (born 1958), American author; administrator of the Church of Satan
* Quincy Adams Gillmore (1825–1888), American author, civil engineer and Union Army general during the American Civil War
* Rachna Gilmore (1953–2021), Canadian children's writer
* Rebecca Gilmore (born 1979), Australian diver
* Richie Gilmore (c. 1966), American motorsport vice-president
* Rochelle Gilmore (born 1981), Australian racing cyclist
* Samuel Louis Gilmore (1859–1910), American politician
* Scott Gilmore (born 1971), Social Entrepreneur
* Stephon Gilmore, American football player with the NFL's New England Patriots
* Steve Gilmore, Australian Naval Officer
* Stuart Gilmore (1909–1971), American film editor
* Susan Gilmore (born 1954), English actress
* Ted Gilmore (born 1967), American football coach
* Thea Gilmore (born 1979), British singer/songwriter
* Tom Gilmore (disambiguation) various people including:
   * Thomas R. Gilmore (1825–1899), American politician in the state of Iowa
* Vanessa Gilmore (born 1956), U.S. judge
* Virginia Gilmore (1919–1986), American actress
* Voit Gilmore (1918–2005), American politician
* William Gilmore (disambiguation) various people including:
   * William Gilmore (rower) (1895–1969), American rower
   * William H. Gilmore (1839–1910), Vermont political and military figure
   * William J. Gilmore (1821–1896), American jurist in Ohio
   * William S. Gilmore, American producer of Defiance (1980 film)
* William Gilmore Simms (1806–1870), 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
* Lorelai Gilmore and Rory Gilmore, mother-and-daughter protagonists of the comedy-drama Gilmore Girls
** Emily Gilmore, Lorelai's mother and Rory's grandmother from the same series. 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