The baby name Gilda is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced GIL-da (ˈɡɪldə).
The baby name Gilda is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced GIL-da (ˈɡɪldə).
Gilda is Italian, Spanish in Origin.
Gilda is a pan-Romance feminine given name (Italian, Spanish, Portuguese) with early Germanic roots. It likely descends from the element gild- “value, tribute, pledge,” brought to Italy by Lombards, and is sometimes interpreted through folk association with the English verb to gild, giving a “golden, gilded” nuance. Some medieval forms abbreviated longer -gild/-gilda names; despite surface similarity, it is distinct from Hilda (from hild “battle”).
Recorded in medieval Italian sources, Gilda gained modern visibility with Verdi’s Rigoletto (1851), whose heroine bears the name, and later crossed into English usage after Rita Hayworth’s 1946 film Gilda. It experienced mid-20th‑century peaks and now reads as vintage yet international. Variants and related forms include Gildina, Gildetta (Italian diminutives), nicknames Gildy or Gilly, and cognate masculines Gildas (Breton) and Gildardo (Spanish). Meaning layers range from “tribute/pledge” to the evocative “gilded, golden.”
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | Girls | 1971 | #1 | — | 485 |
| AO | 0 | #75 | 3 | 2,729 | |
| AL | 0 | #76 | 1 | 2,372 | |
| ID | Girls | 0 | #102 | 1 | 3,319 |
| PH | 0 | #105 | 6 | 5,607 | |
| QA | 0 | #106 | 1 | 7,011 | |
| BN | Girls | 0 | #113 | 2 | 5,459 |
| KW | 0 | #121 | 1 | 5,216 | |
| OM | 0 | #121 | 1 | 6,215 | |
| CY | Girls | 0 | #124 | 2 | 3,755 |
| PA | 0 | #131 | 8 | 3,797 | |
| GR | 0 | #135 | 1 | 3,911 | |
| BN | Boys | 0 | #139 | 1 | 6,332 |
| JO | 0 | #140 | 1 | 2,158 | |
| AO | Girls | 0 | #153 | 57 | 4,575 |
| MT | Girls | 0 | #153 | 1 | 3,773 |
| PR | Girls | 0 | #159 | 9 | 3,171 |
| CR | 0 | #162 | 4 | 5,526 | |
| LU | Girls | 0 | #174 | 12 | 4,850 |
| UY | 0 | #176 | 7 | 2,477 | |
| Sweden | Girls | 2018 | #187 | 2 | 1,665 |
| AE | 0 | #187 | 1 | 10,220 | |
| AR | 0 | #188 | 6 | 2,915 | |
| AL | Girls | 0 | #204 | 19 | 4,141 |
| EC | Girls | 0 | #213 | 27 | 3,650 |
| HU | Girls | 0 | #225 | 1 | 3,308 |
| PS | 0 | #226 | 1 | 5,692 | |
| PT | 0 | #230 | 17 | 4,161 | |
| IR | 0 | #231 | 1 | 4,221 | |
| NA | Girls | 0 | #236 | 2 | 7,146 |
| GR | Girls | 0 | #244 | 6 | 6,293 |
| JP | Girls | 0 | #248 | 4 | 6,592 |
| MO | Girls | 0 | #255 | 9 | 7,056 |
| PT | Girls | 0 | #261 | 224 | 7,952 |
| IT | Girls | 0 | #266 | 5,913 | 9,415 |
| NG | 0 | #272 | 1 | 5,926 | |
| JM | Girls | 0 | #274 | 5 | 7,507 |
| SG | 0 | #276 | 7 | 11,010 | |
| IL | 0 | #281 | 2 | 6,291 | |
| GT | 0 | #282 | 33 | 5,948 | |
| PE | 0 | #283 | 28 | 6,350 | |
| GT | Girls | 0 | #290 | 241 | 7,500 |
| CL | Girls | 0 | #292 | 1,102 | 14,098 |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #293 | 24 | 15,378 |
| MU | Girls | 0 | #302 | 50 | 8,539 |
| AL | Boys | 0 | #303 | 1 | 5,122 |
| BO | Girls | 0 | #309 | 387 | 9,488 |
| PH | Girls | 0 | #310 | 82 | 13,098 |
| SA | 0 | #310 | 3 | 10,560 | |
| BR | 0 | #316 | 30 | 5,969 | |
| DK | Girls | 0 | #326 | 4 | 7,429 |
| GH | Girls | 0 | #330 | 8 | 6,973 |
| KZ | Girls | 0 | #332 | 1 | 5,862 |
| JO | Girls | 0 | #337 | 3 | 7,570 |
| CL | 0 | #345 | 68 | 6,867 | |
| BO | 0 | #351 | 31 | 6,868 | |
| CZ | Girls | 0 | #351 | 1 | 5,378 |
| CR | Girls | 0 | #352 | 188 | 11,342 |
| MY | 0 | #353 | 2 | 12,352 | |
| HK | 0 | #357 | 1 | 8,483 | |
| CN | Girls | 0 | #358 | 2 | 8,829 |
| AR | Girls | 0 | #364 | 288 | 8,289 |
| PL | Girls | 0 | #364 | 1 | 5,096 |
| UY | Girls | 0 | #367 | 150 | 6,731 |
| MX | 0 | #370 | 44 | 8,339 | |
| France | Boys | 2000 | #375 | 3 | 2,309 |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #382 | 15 | 15,987 |
| PA | Girls | 0 | #387 | 96 | 9,861 |
| France | Girls | 2021 | #403 | 3 | 3,185 |
| Austria | Girls | 0 | #409 | 12 | 1,885 |
| IT | 0 | #442 | 304 | 4,183 | |
| BR | Girls | 0 | #447 | 726 | 12,708 |
| PE | Girls | 0 | #448 | 721 | 14,861 |
| IR | Girls | 0 | #465 | 66 | 8,334 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #467 | 49 | 19,177 |
| ZA | 0 | #469 | 6 | 14,421 | |
| AR | Boys | 0 | #481 | 3 | 7,628 |
| GT | Boys | 0 | #495 | 5 | 7,625 |
| CO | 0 | #502 | 9 | 7,768 | |
| PA | Boys | 0 | #505 | 1 | 9,305 |
| PS | Girls | 0 | #506 | 18 | 10,981 |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #509 | 2 | 10,188 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #512 | 42 | 20,968 |
| RU | Girls | 0 | #520 | 4 | 11,913 |
| CM | Girls | 0 | #528 | 13 | 11,671 |
| BH | 0 | #544 | 10 | 17,937 | |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #545 | 42 | 18,916 |
| LY | 0 | #559 | 1 | 12,703 | |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #561 | 1 | 10,655 |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #565 | 1 | 10,162 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #574 | 2 | 12,054 |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #583 | 33 | 16,104 |
| IL | Girls | 0 | #591 | 27 | 11,648 |
| BO | Boys | 0 | #621 | 2 | 9,244 |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #656 | 10 | 13,390 |
| LB | 0 | #682 | 9 | 13,263 | |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #702 | 601 | 17,781 |
| Finland | Girls | 2026 | #721 | 18 | 3,895 |
| SY | 0 | #762 | 6 | 11,684 | |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #780 | 6 | 12,213 |
| Germany | Girls | 0 | #785 | 54 | 4,949 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #805 | 2 | 18,755 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #822 | 5 | 15,093 |
| Spain | Girls | 0 | #839 | 145 | 5,561 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #854 | 82 | 25,931 |
| TN | 0 | #864 | 2 | 13,765 | |
| NL | Girls | 0 | #905 | 51 | 5,933 |
| United States | Girls | 2024 | #907 | 10 | 8,487 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #922 | 5 | 14,506 |
| CO | Girls | 0 | #978 | 101 | 16,140 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #980 | 2 | 15,656 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #1,002 | 8 | 14,742 |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,011 | 131 | 25,928 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,029 | 5 | 16,355 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,066 | 7 | 24,821 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,143 | 1 | 22,615 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,168 | 11 | 25,619 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,182 | 1 | 25,439 |
| MA | 0 | #1,192 | 8 | 20,986 | |
| TR | 0 | #1,194 | 18 | 19,440 | |
| DZ | 0 | #1,234 | 1 | 20,130 | |
| IT | Boys | 0 | #1,420 | 52 | 10,046 |
Gilda is popular in 69 countries — most recent births per country:
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