Guild as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Guild

What is the meaning of the name Guild ?

The baby name Guild is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /ɡɪld/ (GILD).

Guild is English, Germanic, Norse in Origin.

Guild is an English word- and surname-derived given name rooted in Old English gild “payment, tribute,” reinforced by Old Norse gildi “contribution; feast,” which gave Middle English guild, the craft or merchants’ association. As a surname it marked membership in, or association with, such fraternities and is documented in medieval England and Scotland; as a first name it surfaced sporadically in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in Britain and North America via the surname-to-given-name trend, and more recently as a modern word name with artisanal overtones. Meaning centers on “association, fellowship, craft” and, more archaically, “payment/pledge,” suggesting community and mastery.

Variants and related forms include the archaic spelling Gild; the Italian and Spanish feminine Gilda and rarer Guilda; and the masculine Gildo, all from the same Germanic root meaning “value, tribute.” Nicknames may include Gil. Usage today is uncommon and largely unisex.

⚙ Guild barely registers. Across 7 countries, we found just 9 recorded uses of it.