Shem Tov Girl's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: hardly given today
GildaIn Hebrew: גילדה · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
Gilda (Hebrew: גילדה) is a girl's name of international origin. 108 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1953, with 11 babies.
- People in Israel
- 108
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- —
- not in the list
- Peak year
- 1953
- 11 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Gilda
In Hebrew letters the name is גילדה, read right to left. Gilda is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.
We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.
Gilda by year: Israel and abroad
How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).
per 10,000 babies of the same sex
Related Israeli names
Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.
Questions about Gilda
How do you write Gilda in Hebrew?
Gilda is written גילדה in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.
How many people in Israel are named Gilda?
108 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name גילדה: 108 women and 0 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.
Is Gilda a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named גילדה are women.
Sources
Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.
Abroad
- United States: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA)
Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications - National Data
Years 1880–2025 · updated 2026-04-13 · licence: Public domain (U.S. Government work) · names given to fewer than 5 babies a year are not published - England and Wales: Office for National Statistics (ONS)
Baby names in England and Wales: from 1996
Years 1996–2025 · updated 2026-07 · licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 · names given to fewer than 3 babies a year are not published
Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.