Gylda as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Gylda

What is the meaning of the name Gylda ?

The baby name Gylda is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced English: GIL-da /ˈɡɪldə/,Scandinavian: GYUL-da /ˈɡyl.dɑ/.

Gylda is Scandinavian in Origin.

Gylda is a modern, rare variant of Gilda, a name rooted in a Germanic element gild- meaning "tribute, payment" and by extension "worth, value." The element appears in late Latin Hermenegildus/Hermenegild and its feminine Hermenegilda, especially in Iberia and Italy, from which the concise form Gilda spread. In English, the y-spelling hints at "gilded/golden," a folk association reinforced by Scandinavian adjectives like gylden "golden."

As a given name, Gilda found wide notice through Verdi's Rigoletto (1851) and a mid-20th-century boost from the film Gilda (1946); Gylda surfaces later as an ornamental respelling but remains uncommon. Meaning is usually interpreted today as "golden; gilded" or, more historically, "of value; tribute." Variants and related forms include Gilda, Guilda, Ylda, and the elaborate Hermenegilda; masculine counterparts are Gildo and Hermenegildo. Nicknames may include Gildy or, in Spanish, Gildita.

⚙ Gylda is about as rare as a name gets. We hold just 13 recorded uses of it, from 9 countries.