Gilda

Where Gilda comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Gilda.

  • Vowel-ended
Gilda through the years
  1. 1898
    First appearance
    #1,502 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1901
    Gilda Gray born
    dancer, singer and actress
  3. 1927
    Peak, #381
    321 babies named Gilda, its best rank.
  4. 1933
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #578.
  5. 1946
    Gilda Radner born
    American actress and comedian
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Gilda Radner · American actress and comedian, 1946–1989
  • Gilda Gray · dancer, singer and actress, 1901–1959
  • Gilda Langer · Austrian actress, 1896–1920
  • Gilda de Abreu · Actress, director, singer, and writer, 1904–1979
  • Gilda dalla Rizza · Italian soprano, 1892–1975

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.