Gelene

given name · Latin script

A female name· listed as female by the registers that count names by sex

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 4 countries · latest register: Þjóðskrá Íslands, 2026

/ɣelene/(machine-generated) Spanish · model-generated

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Gelene is a female given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country.

  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 250Kfew records(inferred from the name graph)
  • ISIceland1 in 351K
  • USUnited States1 in 2M

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Pakistan (inferred from the name graph)

≈930 people, est.

Record sources
105 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

≈1 in 253K (inferred from the name graph)

Philippines, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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)

Gelene 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.

Where Gelene is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PK Pakistan≈930 est.≈1 in 269K—Gelene1
PH Philippines≈460 est.≈1 in 253K—Gelene26
US United States1701 in 2M170Gelene105
BR Brazil811 in 2.6M81——
GB United Kingdom≈29 est.≈1 in 2.4M—Gelene9
IE Ireland≈21 est.≈1 in 258K—Gelene2
SG Singapore≈6 est.≈1 in 1.1M—Gelene8
IS Iceland11 in 351K1——

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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry). 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).

Other names spelled this way

(inferred from the name graph)

Gelene is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, United States, Brazil, Guatemala

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Gelené

  • French given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Philippines

    Also written Gelène

  • Amharic given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Ethiopia, United States, Philippines

    Also written ገለኔ, ገለነ, Galana

28 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

How to address them

(machine-generated)
InformalHi Gelene,

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)

7 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Gelene
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020170#42,346
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)202281—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—75#47,863
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)198046—
BR BrazilBrasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA)—43#38,018
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)198035—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19358—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19617—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19487—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19407—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19397—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19327—

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Gelene?
In Spanish /ɣelene/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.
Is Gelene a male or female name?
Gelene is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: United States (Census Bureau, 2020).
In which country does Gelene have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 933 people named Gelene in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gelene.
How common is the name Gelene?
In the United States, the national register counted 170 people named Gelene in 2020, about 1 in 2.0 million residents.

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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, “Gelene”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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