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Gillespie is both an Irish and Scottish surname. The name was anglicized from the Gaelic name Mac Giolla Easpuig (Irish) and Mac Gille Easbaig (Scots Gaelic) both meaning son of the servant of the bishop. Due to the fact that it was an occupational title rather than a hereditary surname suggests that it may have had two separate origins. If this is true then the Irish Gillespie's would have no connection with the Scottish Gillespie's.

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