Gyula

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

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◐

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

• Croatian surname255 records spelled Gyula28 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, Bulgaria, United States, Philippines

  Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Serbian

  Also written Đula, Djula, Гюла, Gula, Giula

• Romanian given name160 records spelled Gyula5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Romania, United States

  Also written Jula, Julă, Jūla, Diula

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●

Gyula is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Hungarian, a male given name, equivalent to English Julius

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

• Hungarian form of JULIUS .

  as a word

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●

SE SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) — 22 years between 1999–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Gyula Andrássyb. 1823HUHungarian statesman (1823–1890)
• Gyula Andrássyb. 1860HUAustrian-Hungarian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1860–1929)
• Gyula Peidlb. 1873HUHungarian politician (1873-1943)
• Gyula Gömbösb. 1886HUHungarian fascist politician (1886-1936)
• Gyula Illyésb. 1902HUHungarian poet (1902–1983)
• George Palb. 1908HUnot in their usual nameHungarian-American film director (1908–1980)
• Gyula Lórántb. 1923HUHungarian footballer (1923-1981)
• Gyula Grosicsb. 1926HUHungarian footballer (1926-2014)
• Gyula Hornb. 1932HUHungarian politician (1932–2013)
• Gyula Padosb. 1969HUHungarian cinematographer

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 · 113 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Gyula?

We estimate roughly 51 thousand people bear Gyula (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Gyula have the most bearers?

We estimate about 51 thousand people bear Gyula in Hungary, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled gyula.

Where is Gyula most common?

Gyula is densest in Hungary, where the national register counts about 1 in 193 people carrying it.

How common is Gyula compared with other names?

In Hungary, Gyula is the 38th most common given name of 18,750 given names recorded there.

Is Gyula a male or female name?

Gyula 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 Gyula mean?

Recorded meaning: vice king