Gilchrist is a surname of Scottish origin, having originated in Islay. According to several genealogy websites, it literally means "servant of Christ." Some variations known to exist are Gillecrist, Gilcreest, Gilcrest, Gilchrest and Gilcress.
Gilchrist may refer to:
- Adam Gilchrist, Australian cricketer
- Albert W. Gilchrist (1858-1926), governor of Florida
- Alexander Gilchrist (1828–1861), British biographer
- Sir Andrew Gilchrist, former UK ambassador to Iceland, Indonesia and Ireland
- Anne Gilchrist, English/American writer
- Anne Gilchrist, English folksong collector
- Brent Gilchrist (1967-), Canadian ice hockey player
- Caroline Gilchrist Rhea, Canadian actress and comedian
- Charles W. Gilchrist, Montgomery County, Maryland politician
- Cookie Gilchrist (1935-2011), American football player
- Ellen Gilchrist (1935–), American novelist
- Guy Gilchrist, American cartoonist
- Harald Gilchrist, King of Norway
- James "Jim" Gilchrist, founder of the Minutemen Project
- John Gilchrist:
- John Borthwick Gilchrist (1759-1841), noted British Indologist
- John Gilchrist (actor), former child actor in commercials
- John Gilchrist (basketball), former Maryland Terrapins point guard
- John Gilchrist (politician) (1792–1859), early Canadian politician
- Joyce Gilchrist, forensic chemist
- Keir Gilchrist, British-Canadian actor
- Percy Gilchrist (1851–1935), British chemist and metallurgist
- Robert Murray Gilchrist, Victorian/Edwardian horror writer
- Roy Gilchrist (1934–2001), West Indies cricketer
- Sidney Gilchrist Thomas, British inventor
- Steve Gilchrist (1954–), Canadian politician
- William Gilchrist, American composer
- William Sidney Gilchrist, medical missionary to Angola