Killip

Killip is a surname of Manx origin. It is a contraction of the Irish and Manx Gaelic surname Mac Fhilib or MacPhilip meaning "son of Philip". Henry Harrison gives an additional proposed origin for the surname as belonging to Killhope, Durham, England. Notable people with the surname include:

References

  1. ↑ Dictionary of American Family Names (2 ed.). Oxford University Press. 2022. ISBN 9780190245122.
  2. ↑ Moore, A. W. (1890). The Surnames & Place-Names of the Isle of Man. London: Elliot Stock. p. 27.
  3. ↑ Reaney, P. H.; Wilson, R. M. (2006). A Dictionary of English Surnames (Third edition with corrections and additions ed.). Routledge. p. 1842. ISBN 0203993551.
  4. ↑ Harrison, Henry; Pulling, Gyða (1912). Surnames of the United Kingdom: a concise etymological dictionary. Vol. 1. London: Eaton Press. p. 252.