Frequency: (407)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Scottish: Anglicized form of the Gaelic personal name Raonull, which is a borrowing from Old Norse Rögnvaldr (see Reynold).
GIVEN NAME Scottish 5%. Gillespie.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
