Gelin

surname · Latin script

Meaning: possibly a back formation from Old French geline ‘hen’

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ʒlɛ̃/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Gelin is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Haiti than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • FRFrance≈1 in 27K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 287K
  • HTHaiti≈1 in 3K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Haiti (inferred from the name graph)

≈3,700 people, est.

Sources
211 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 3.0K (inferred from the name graph)

Haiti, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

possibly a back formation from Old French geline ‘hen’.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Gelin 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 Gelin is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
HT Haiti#121≈3,700 est.≈1 in 3KlistedGelin6
FR France—≈2,600 est.≈1 in 27K376Gelin211
US United States—1,1591 in 287K1.3KGelin100
SE Sweden—4291 in 24K429Gelin10
PH Philippines—≈240 est.≈1 in 453K—Gelin5
BE Belgium—1211 in 97K121Gelin25
CH Switzerland—931 in 90K93Gelin14

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: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); the ht-potomitan-names register. 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)

Gelin is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Philippines, United Kingdom, Germany

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Gélin

  • Spanish surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Argentina, Brazil

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Gelín, Gélin, Gëlïn

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Gélin

  • Russian surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, United States, Türkiye

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Гелин, Гелін

  • Chinese surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, China, Belgium

    Also written Ge-Lin

  • Swedish surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Sweden, United States, Norway, Denmark

    Languages: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish

    Also written Gélin

  • Amharic surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Gelín

33 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Gelin is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In French, variant of Gelles.

    as a nameDictionary of American Family Names

  • In Turkish, A woman dressed up and prepared for her own wedding or who has just married; a bride.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Catalan, inflection of gelar:

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In gag, bride

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Turkish, 1. Evlenmek üzere hazırlanıp, süslenmiş kız veya yeni evlenmiş kadın. 2. Genç kız.

    as a wordTDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)

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)

1900195020002050Albert Gelin, b. 1902Curt Gelin, b. 1945Evelyne Gelin, b. 1967Martin Gelin, b. 1978Veysel, b. 1984Giveton Gelin, b. 1999Juliette Gelin, b. 2001

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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalMadame, Monsieur,Dear Gelin, (English)
InformalMadame, Monsieur,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 27 sources across 18 countries.

Official registers attesting Gelin
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020201.3K#20,171
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020101.2K#22,246
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000859#26,672
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1961493—
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—429#2,133
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1951411—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1941407—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1971378—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1991376—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1921348—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1901348—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1931336—

Reference works 4

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)

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

What does the name Gelin mean, and where does it come from?
possibly a back formation from Old French geline ‘hen’. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
How do you pronounce Gelin?
A machine transcription gives /ʒlɛ̃/ (IPA) for French.
In which country does Gelin have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 3.7 thousand people named Gelin in Haiti, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gelin.
How common is the name Gelin?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,159 people named Gelin in 2010, about 1 in 287 thousand residents.
How common is Gelin compared with other names?
In Haiti, Gelin is the 121st most common surname of 1,519 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Gelin” — the 121st most common surname in Haiti. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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