Gilleasbaig is a masculine

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in the

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language. The traditional form of the name is ''Gilleasbuig''. Another form of the name is ''Gille Easbaig''. The names mean "servant of the

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", with the second word (''Easbaig'') deriving from the Latin ''episcopus'' (the final syllable and the second vowel suffering

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, the consonants becoming voiced, and the ''s'' being metathesised), which also gave rise to English ''bishop'' (the initial ''e'' and final ''us'' suffering elision, initial ''p'' becoming voiced, and ''c'' being palatalized in

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). An early bearer of the name was the founder of

Clan Campbell Clan Campbell ( ) is a Scottish Highlands, Highland Scottish clan, historically one of the largest and most powerful of the Highland clans. The Clan Campbell lands are in Argyll and within their lands lies Ben Cruachan. The chief of the clan be ...

. An

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form of the name is '' Gillespie''; the name is also Anglicised as ''

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'', which is

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unrelated, but was carried by the early Campbell

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, often in the form ''Archibald Gillespie Campbell''.

People with the name

;Gilleasbaig *

Gilleasbaig of Menstrie Gille Escoib or Gilleasbaig of Menstrie is the earliest member of the Campbell family to be attested in contemporary sources, appearing in royal charters dating to the 1260s. His existence is confirmed by later Campbell pedigrees. According to t ...

, (''fl.''1260), the earliest member of Clan Campbell on record ;Gilleasbuig * Gilleasbuig Macmillan, a Scottish Church of Scotland minister.

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