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Surname Etymology and Meaning of GILLMAN

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The Gillmans are said to have come from the province of Maine, in France, into England with William the Conqueror, and to have settled in Essex, England. Whether a Gaulman, a Gael, or Brookman, from gill, a brook, the same as kill in Dutch, is uncertain.

Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import (1857).