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Gillibrand (/ˈdʒɪliˌbrænd, -lɪ-/) is a surname. Around 2016, 676 people bore the name in Great Britain and none in Ireland. At the time of Great Britain's 1881 census, 608 people bore the name, predominantly in Lancashire. A variant spelling is Gellibrand.[1]
The name comes into English from Anglo-Norman.[1] It was borrowed into Anglo-Norman from the medieval Continental West Germanic name Giselbrand,[1] whose first element, gisel, meant 'hostage' and whose second element, brand, meant 'firebrand', 'sword'.[2][3]
People with the surname include:
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