Gelasius
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in English: A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Pope Gelasius I and Pope Gelasius II
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Gelasius is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Tanzania.
- TZTanzania
- MYMalaysia
- DEGermany
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Latin: name borne by an African-born pope and saint
Sources 1
- African Names
How Gelasius is read(measured from records)
Gelasius is one spelling over 5 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- Swahili23%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Gelasius in Swahili.
- English18%
pope
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Pope Gelasius I and Pope Gelasius II.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- German11%
from the saint and pope Gelasius I
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
- Hindi8.9%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Gelasius in Hindi.
- Indonesian8.9%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Gelasius in Indonesian.
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Gelasius is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Latin, Latin: name borne by an African-born pope and saint
as a nameAfrican Names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Gelasius of Caesareab. 335Greek bishop and church historian (died 395)
- Gelasius IIb. 1060ITPope from 1118 to 1119
- Gelasius Hieberb. 1671DEGerman historian, mathematician, theologian and priest
- Gelasius Hieblerb. 1716German composer, organist and priest
- Gelasius Dobnerb. 1719CZCzech philosopher, historian, science writer and roman catholic priest
- Gelasius IITBishop of Rome from 492 to 496
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 3 sources across 1 country.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VA Vatican City | Holy See — List of Roman Pontiffs (papal regnal + secular names) | — | 2 | #30 |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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
- Where does the name Gelasius come from?
- Latin: name borne by an African-born pope and saint Recorded by African Names.
- Is Gelasius a male or female name?
- Gelasius is a male 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.
- What does the name Gelasius mean?
- In English, A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Pope Gelasius I and Pope Gelasius II.
- In which country does Gelasius have the most bearers?
- Gelasius is most frequently recorded in Tanzania.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
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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, “Gelasius”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.