Gelasius
given name · Swahili · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Gelasius is a given name, most frequently recorded in Tanzania. It appears chiefly in Swahili and English, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Latin: name borne by an African-born pope and saint.
- TZTanzania1 in 457K◐
- MYMalaysia1 in 6.5M
- DEGermany1 in 13M
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin●
Latin: name borne by an African-born pope and saint
Sources 1
- African Names
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
| Country | Share of this name | |
|---|---|---|
| TZ Tanzania | 29 | 33% |
| IN India | 10 | 11% |
| US United States | 10 | 11% |
| MY Malaysia | 10 | 11% |
| DE Germany | 9 | 10% |
≈68 recorded bearers across the countries shown (a sample of the full distribution).
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- Swahili2529%
- English1416%
- Indonesian1011%
- German1011%
- Spanish56%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Swahili | 25 | 29% |
| English | 14 | 16% |
| Indonesian | 10 | 11% |
| German | 10 | 11% |
| Spanish | 5 | 6% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Gelasius is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, pope
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In German, from the saint and pope Gelasius I
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
In English, A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Pope Gelasius I and Pope Gelasius II.
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●
- Gelasius of Caesareab. 335Greek bishop and church historian (died 395)
- Gelasius IIb. 1060ITPope from 1118 to 1119
- Gelasius Hieberb. 1671DEGerman historian, mathematician, theologian and priest
- Gelasius Hieblerb. 1716German composer, organist and priest
- Gelasius Dobnerb. 1719CZCzech philosopher, historian, science writer and roman catholic priest
- Gelasius IITBishop of Rome from 492 to 496
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).
Evidence●
Attested in 3 sources across 1 country.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VA Vatican City | Holy See — List of Roman Pontiffs (papal regnal + secular names) | — | 2 | #30 |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Gelasius?
- Our records include 68 bearers of Gelasius across 5 countries — a sample of the full distribution.
- In which country does Gelasius have the most bearers?
- Gelasius is most frequently recorded in Tanzania.
- Is Gelasius a male or female name?
- Gelasius is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Gelasius mean?
- Recorded meaning: Latin: name borne by an African-born pope and saint
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Gelasius”. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.