Gesta

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Gesta is one spelling over 4 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

• English45%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Gesta in English.

• Spanish22%

  feat, achievement, heroic deed

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• French17%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Gesta in French.

• Portuguese8.4%

  broom (leguminosae shrub)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Gesta is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Polish surname3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, Philippines

  Also written Gęsta, Gestã

• Norwegian surname4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Philippines

  Also written Gestã

32 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.

Gesta 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 Icelandic, indefinite genitive plural of gestur

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Italian, deeds, exploits, achievements

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Latin, inflection of gestus:

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Latvian, Sievietes vārds

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

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.

• Louis-Victor Gestab. 1828FRFrench painter (1828-1894)

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).

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

What does the name Gesta mean, and where does it come from?

feat, achievement, heroic deed Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

How do you pronounce Gesta?

A machine transcription gives /dʒɛstə/ (IPA) for English.

In which country does Gesta have the most bearers?

In Brazil, the national register counted about 184 people named Gesta, more than in any other country we hold.

Where is Gesta most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Gesta is densest in Uruguay — about 1 in 42 thousand people — even though Brazil holds more of our records for it.

How common is the name Gesta?

In Brazil, the national register counted 184 people named Gesta, about 1 in 1.2 million residents.