Meaning of the nameGilda

Gilda is a female name of Germanic origin, which arose as an Italian short form of Ermenegilda and of other names with the element gelt.

Meaning

“Italian short form of Ermenegilda and of other names with the Germanic element gelt, "payment"”

Source: Behind the Name: Gilda

People (2022): 24,719
Rank in Brazil: #922
Median age: 59 years
2010 Census: 30,360; people

Gilda in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Gilda, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (6,649 people).

24,597 women 122 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Gilda is most common

States with the highest share of people named Gilda in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Rio de Janeiro 0.020%
Alagoas 0.017%
Minas Gerais 0.016%
Espírito Santo 0.016%
Sergipe 0.016%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	5,728	0.013%
Minas Gerais	3,371	0.016%
Rio de Janeiro	3,203	0.020%
Bahia	2,142	0.015%
Rio Grande do Sul	1,598	0.015%
Pernambuco	1,399	0.015%
Paraná	1,209	0.011%
Goiás	794	0.011%
Espírito Santo	600	0.016%
Santa Catarina	576	0.008%
Pará	571	0.007%
Alagoas	537	0.017%
Sergipe	344	0.016%
Distrito Federal	323	0.012%
Mato Grosso do Sul	302	0.011%
Mato Grosso	300	0.008%
Maranhão	260	0.004%
Paraíba	252	0.006%
Amazonas	244	0.006%
Piauí	235	0.007%
Ceará	232	0.003%
Rio Grande do Norte	151	0.005%
Rondônia	137	0.009%
Tocantins	108	0.007%
Acre	65	0.008%
Roraima	21	0.003%
Amapá	17	0.002%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Gilda

Behind the Name presents Gilda as, originally, an Italian short form of Ermenegilda and of other names that contain the Old German element gelt, "payment, tribute, compensation". The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), on the other hand, groups Gilda among the traditional names with the element Gil-, of uncertain origin and perhaps taken from Gilberto, and the Dictionary gives Jilda as a spelling variant. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 24,719 people named Gilda, with 6,649 born in the 1960s. Proportionally, the name is most common in Rio de Janeiro.

Sources

Behind the Name: Gilda · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (Gil-) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Gilda · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Gilda

What does the name Gilda mean?

Gilda means “Italian short form of Ermenegilda and of other names with the Germanic element gelt, "payment"”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Gilda in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 24,719 people with the first name Gilda, which ranks it number 922 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

Is Gilda a boy's or a girl's name?

Gilda is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 24,597 women and 122 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Gilda?

Gilda is a name of Germanic and Italian origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Gilda most common?

Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.020% of the state's population is named Gilda (3,203 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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