Gildas

Meaning & origin●

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

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

• English given name1.4K records spelled Gildas6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Cameroon, United Kingdom, Congo - Kinshasa

  Languages: English, Dutch

  Also written Gíldãs, Gïldãs, Gïldäs

44 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●

Gildas is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In French, Nom breton, d’origine celtique; sens obscur.

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

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.

Over time●

FR INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) — 10 years between 1901–1991. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Gildasb. 500FR6th-century British monk, writer and saint
• Gildas Molgatb. 1927CACanadian politician
• Gildas Bourdetb. 1947FRFrench actor, theatre director and playwright
• Gildas Le Lidecb. 1947FRFrench diplomat
• Gildas Thomasb. 1953FRFrench singer
• Gildas Philippeb. 1973FRFrench yacht racer
• Gildas Goldsztejnb. 1982chess player
• Gildas Kiwoko Mouyabib. 1986CGCongolese footballer
• Gildas Koumondjib. 1993BJBeninese swimmer
• Gildas GâtebléFRbotanist

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●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 65 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Gildas?

We estimate roughly 55 people bear Gildas (counting its spellings and scripts) across 4 countries in our records.

In which country does Gildas have the most bearers?

Gildas is most frequently recorded in France, where it is most often spelled gildas.

How common is Gildas compared with other names?

In France, Gildas is the 993rd most common given name of 711,207 given names recorded there.

Is Gildas a male or female name?

Gildas 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 Gildas mean?

Recorded meaning: Origine celtique, signifie « celui qui voit ».