Gellen

surname · Latin script

Meaning: to emit a loud, clear and strident sound

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

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

Gellen is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • NLNetherlands1 in 480K(measured from records)
  • RORomania≈1 in 573K
  • DEGermany≈1 in 866K

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.

United States (inferred from the name graph)

≈120 people, est.

Sources
85 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 480K (inferred from the name graph)

Netherlands

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

to emit a loud, clear and strident sound

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Gellen 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 Gellen is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States≈120 est.≈1 in 2.8MlistedGellen85
DE Germany≈93 est.≈1 in 866K—Gellen31
RO Romania≈37 est.≈1 in 573K—Gellen3
NL Netherlands361 in 480K36Gellen6
BR Brazil261 in 8.1M26Gellen14
CL Chile≈13 est.≈1 in 1.4M1Gellen6
CH Switzerland31 in 2.8M3——

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: the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). 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)

Gellen is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Hungarian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Hungary, United States

    Also written Gellén, Gellèn

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Gellén

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States

    Also written Gellén

  • Slovak surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Slovakia

    Also written Gellén

23 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)

Gellen is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In nds, to be valid; to count; to hold true

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

  • In dum, to yell, scream

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

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)

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)

FormalDear Ms Gellen,
InformalHi Gellen,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 13 sources across 9 countries.

Official registers attesting Gellen
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
NL NetherlandsCBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007)200736#37,402
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—26#164,002
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)20243#154,370
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

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 Gellen mean, and where does it come from?
to emit a loud, clear and strident sound Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
What are other forms of the name Gellen?
In the etymology graph, Yell is a form of the same name in other languages.
How do you pronounce Gellen?
A machine transcription gives /dʒɛɫən/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Gellen have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 118 people named Gellen in the United States, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gellen.
Where is Gellen most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Gellen is densest in the Netherlands — about 1 in 480 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Gellen?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted 36 people named Gellen in 2007, about 1 in 480 thousand 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, “Gellen”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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