# Gilroy

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #38,861

## Definitions
1. A city in Santa Clara County, California, United States.
2. A surname.

## Etymology
From Middle English Gilry, from Irish Giolla rua (“servant of the red-haired lad”).

## Easily confused with
- **giro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gilroy-vs-giro)
- **girly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gilroy-vs-girly)
- **gilly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gilly-vs-gilroy)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ggilroy`, `gillroy`, `gilory`, `gilroyy`, `gilrroy`, `gilryo`, `girloy`, `gliroy`, `iglroy`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/gilroy