Gilda
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Gilda is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Germanic. Feminine short form of names containing the element gild ‘sacrifice’.
- PYParaguay≈1 in 2.2K(inferred from the name graph)
- GTGuatemala≈1 in 3.9K
- ARArgentina≈1 in 4.9K
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.
- Brazil (measured from records)
- 4 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 318 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.2K (inferred from the name graph)
24,719 people, 2022
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Paraguay, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
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(measured from records)
Germanic. Feminine short form of names containing the element gild ‘sacrifice’.
Sources 1
- A concise dictionary of first names
Where in the world(measured from records)
Gilda 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | #761 | 24,719 | 1 in 8.6K | 30K | Gilda | 118 |
| PH Philippines | #961 | ≈21,000 est. | ≈1 in 5.3K | — | Gilda | 68 |
| US United States | — | 9,356 | 1 in 36K | 9.3K | Gilda | 318 |
| AR Argentina | #622 | ≈9,300 est. | ≈1 in 4.9K | 12 | Gilda | 66 |
| IT Italy | #908 | ≈8,700 est. | ≈1 in 7.1K | 29 | Gilda | 90 |
| GT Guatemala | #319 | ≈4,400 est. | ≈1 in 3.9K | — | Gilda | 33 |
| CL Chile | #495 | ≈3,700 est. | ≈1 in 4.9K | 1 | Gilda | 60 |
| EC Ecuador | — | 3,433 | 1 in 4.9K | 3.4K | — | 28 |
| PY Paraguay | #320 | ≈3,200 est. | ≈1 in 2.2K | — | Gilda | 31 |
24,719 people counted by IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror), 2022. 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); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present); SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021); ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend); INEC — civil registry names. 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Gilda 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 Spanish, a snack consisting of olives and chili pepper served on a small stick (like a toothpick), often with anchovy
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In French, Du germanique, apparenté à *geld* / *gild*; sens incertain, souvent rapproché de « or, valeur ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
In French, Prénom italien, diminutif féminin d’Hermenegilde; origine germanique, « promesse » et « armée ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Valorosa
as a nameIl grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…
In non, strong feminine accusative singular of gildr
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)
- Gilda Langerb. 1896ATAustrian actress (1896-1920)
- Gilda Grayb. 1901USdancer, singer and actress (1901–1959)
- Gilda de Abreub. 1904BRActress, director, singer, and writer (1904–1979)
- Gilda de Melo e Sousab. 1919BRBrazilian journalist
- Gilda Valençab. 1926BRactor
- Gilda Cordero-Fernandob. 1932PHwriter (1932–2020)
- Gilda Lousekb. 1937ARArgentinian actress (1937–1998)
- Gilda Radnerb. 1946USAmerican actress and comedian (1946–1989)
- Gilda Buttàb. 1959ITItalian musician
- Gilda Nomacceb. 1971BRBrazilian actress
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 78 sources across 44 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 107 | #142,819 |
Reference works 6
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Lietuvių kalbos institutas — Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Lithuanian surname dictionary)
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- 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
- What does the name Gilda mean, and where does it come from?
- Germanic. Feminine short form of names containing the element gild ‘sacrifice’. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
- In which country does Gilda have the most bearers?
- In Brazil, the national register counted about 25 thousand people named Gilda, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gilda.
- Is Gilda a male or female name?
- Gilda 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.
- What are other forms of the name Gilda?
- In the etymology graph, it is recorded as a short form of Ermenegilda.
- How common is the name Gilda?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 24,719 people named Gilda in 2022, about 1 in 8.6 thousand residents.
- How common is Gilda compared with other names?
- In Brazil, Gilda is the 761st most common given name of 474,894 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/gildaThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Gilda” — the 761st most common given name in Brazil. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.