Gilde

surname · Latin script

Meaning: from Gilde; also related to Gold in some names

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ɡɪɫd/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Gilde is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Norway than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • NONorway1 in 13K(measured from records)
  • NLNetherlands1 in 219K
  • SESweden1 in 537K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Norway (measured from records)

428 people

Sources
22 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 13K (inferred from the name graph)

Norway

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

from Gilde; also related to Gold in some names

Sources 1

  • Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Gilde counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Gilde is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
NO Norway4281 in 13K428Gilde5
US United States2561 in 1.3M288Gilde7
NL Netherlands791 in 219K79Gilde8
SE Sweden191 in 537K19—1
PL Poland41 in 9.6M4——

428 people counted by SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Gilde is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Spain, Argentina, Mexico

    Also written Gil-De

34 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Gilde is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Norwegian Nynorsk, feast, banquet

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Dutch, a guild, feudal professional corporation with a legal status and privileges

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In ang, dative singular of ġild

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Danish, party, do

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1920193019401950Werner Gilde, b. 1920Georg Gilde, b. 1921Christian Gilde, b. 1946

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Gilde,
InformalHi Gilde,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 18 sources across 7 countries.

Reference works 3

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Gilde mean, and where does it come from?
from Gilde; also related to Gold in some names Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
How do you pronounce Gilde?
A machine transcription gives /ɡɪɫd/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Gilde have the most bearers?
In Norway, the national register counted about 428 people named Gilde, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gilde.
Where is Gilde most common?
Gilde is densest in Norway, where the national register counts about 1 in 13 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Gilde?
In Norway, the national register counted 428 people named Gilde, about 1 in 13 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Gilde”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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