Gelane
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɡəɫeɪn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Gelane is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Ethiopia than in any other country.
- ETEthiopia≈1 in 29Kas ገላኔ(inferred from the name graph)
- BRBrazil1 in 1.1M
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Gelane itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Ethiopia (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 28 (measured from records)
- 1 in 1.1M (inferred from the name graph)
≈3,700 named ገላኔ, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Brazil
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled ገላኔ in ET Ethiopia.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Gelane counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ET Ethiopia | ≈3,700 est. | ≈1 in 29K | — | ገላኔ | 10 |
| BR Brazil | 197 | 1 in 1.1M | 197 | — | — |
| US United States | — | — | — | Gelane | 28 |
| PH Philippines | — | — | — | Gelane | 4 |
| VC St. Vincent & Grenadines | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); Electoral Office of St Vincent & the Grenadines — Final Voters List (Nov 2025). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 6 sources across 2 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 197 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 193 | #25,688 |
| BR Brazil | Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA) | — | 168 | #15,811 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2000 | 164 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Nomes (census name API) | — | 163 | #28,398 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 1990 | 108 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 1980 | 61 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 1990 | 56 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 1980 | 47 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 2000 | 33 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 1970 | 30 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 1970 | 17 | — |
Reference works 1
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Gelane?
- A machine transcription gives /ɡəɫeɪn/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Gelane a male or female name?
- Gelane is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Gelane have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 3.7 thousand people named ገላኔ in Ethiopia, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Gelane most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Gelane is densest in Brazil — about 1 in 1.1 million people — even though Ethiopia holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Gelane?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 197 people named Gelane in 2022, about 1 in 1.1 million residents.
What do you want to know about Gelane?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/gelaneThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Gelane”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.