Gildas Forename
16,639th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 56,583 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Gabon
Gildas Forename Definition:
‘Servant of God,’ in Celtic (cf. Gilchrist), this is the Latinisation of Gaelic Gilla, ‘a servant,’ the das being Latin deus. It is Gildas who, a Welsh historian, ‘rates all the contemporary princes so soundly’ (Yonge). Now rare.
Gildas Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | 99% | 12,042 | 1:5,520 | 467 |
| Central African Republic | - | 11,673 | 1:387 | 155 |
| Benin | 100% | 8,070 | 1:1,311 | 312 |
| Gabon | 100% | 5,091 | 1:370 | 43 |
| Congo | 100% | 4,937 | 1:1,015 | 157 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 4,535 | 1:5,210 | 1,047 |
| Cameroon | 84% | 3,710 | 1:5,825 | 851 |
| Togo | - | 1,813 | 1:3,993 | 652 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 1,271 | 1:76,759 | 6,049 |
| Ivory Coast | 96% | 972 | 1:23,741 | 2,074 |
| Burkina Faso | 98% | 577 | 1:31,853 | 2,536 |
| Ghana | - | 449 | 1:60,103 | 3,023 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 205 | 1:257,504 | 9,627 |
| Morocco | - | 191 | 1:179,836 | 4,854 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 151 | 1:488,925 | 17,342 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 104 | 1:2,598 | 462 |
| Canada | - | 92 | 1:360,145 | 10,676 |
| United States | 100% | 71 | 1:5,106,155 | 63,516 |
| Senegal | 97% | 62 | 1:235,183 | 4,404 |
| England | 96% | 54 | 1:1,029,684 | 16,954 |
| Rwanda | - | 49 | 1:232,070 | 1,122 |
| French Polynesia | - | 43 | 1:6,463 | 978 |
| Brazil | 100% | 36 | 1:5,951,004 | 87,869 |
| Belgium | 100% | 34 | 1:337,942 | 6,477 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 28 | 1:293,339 | 5,808 |
| Germany | 100% | 25 | 1:3,867,115 | 17,280 |
| Burundi | - | 25 | 1:396,262 | 737 |
| India | 99% | 23 | 1:52,820,781 | 884,653 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 20 | 1:8,878,218 | 108,497 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 19 | 1:549,014 | 14,985 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 11 | 1:1,536,553 | 22,602 |
| Uganda | 88% | 11 | 1:3,723,356 | 37,848 |
| Poland | - | 9 | 1:4,225,235 | 4,388 |
| Thailand | 100% | 9 | 1:7,785,090 | 119,233 |
| Tunisia | - | 9 | 1:75,211 | 3,284 |
| Scotland | - | 9 | 1:594,485 | 7,010 |
| Qatar | 100% | 8 | 1:296,201 | 31,456 |
| China | - | 8 | 1:170,756,973 | 72,230 |
| Kenya | - | 7 | 1:6,615,301 | 31,578 |
| Wales | 100% | 6 | 1:515,718 | 6,554 |
| Argentina | 100% | 6 | 1:7,128,874 | 15,663 |
| Italy | 100% | 6 | 1:10,177,015 | 31,373 |
| Norway | - | 5 | 1:1,026,466 | 14,100 |
| Niger | 100% | 5 | 1:3,836,799 | 37,767 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 5 | 1:1,263 | 280 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 5 | 1:112,810 | 2,667 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 5 | 1:6,089,988 | 140,568 |
| Mauritania | - | 4 | 1:1,023,810 | 14,082 |
| Chad | 100% | 4 | 1:3,399,600 | 8,891 |
| Egypt | 100% | 4 | 1:22,975,236 | 27,891 |
| Sweden | 100% | 4 | 1:2,464,477 | 34,955 |
| Russia | 100% | 4 | 1:36,058,426 | 83,389 |
| Mali | - | 4 | 1:4,244,439 | 5,329 |
| South Africa | 100% | 4 | 1:13,633,162 | 197,070 |
| Japan | - | 4 | 1:31,996,514 | 55,536 |
| Spain | - | 3 | 1:15,509,988 | 21,126 |
| Algeria | - | 3 | 1:12,725,573 | 18,455 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 3 | 1:59,272 | 4,116 |
| Papua New Guinea | 67% | 3 | 1:2,717,438 | 132,395 |
| Monaco | 100% | 3 | 1:12,822 | 1,634 |
| Denmark | - | 3 | 1:1,883,166 | 17,701 |
| Haiti | - | 3 | 1:3,575,651 | 30,510 |
| Hong Kong | - | 2 | 1:3,876,362 | 13,851 |
| Czechia | 100% | 2 | 1:5,328,081 | 8,108 |
| Australia | - | 2 | 1:6,828,811 | 37,569 |
| Finland | 60% | 2 | 1:2,741,592 | 19,235 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 2 | 1:3,575,996 | 76,635 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Indonesia | - | 2 | 1:128,981,834 | 1,206,875 |
| Israel | 50% | 2 | 1:4,201,459 | 30,777 |
| Jamaica | - | 2 | 1:1,441,614 | 15,741 |
| Mexico | - | 2 | 1:62,072,214 | 96,650 |
| Zambia | - | 1 | 1:15,854,794 | 66,637 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Turkey | - | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Ireland | - | 1 | 1:4,643,519 | 13,375 |
| Chile | 100% | 1 | 1:17,607,208 | 48,996 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Taiwan | - | 1 | 1:23,769,682 | 193,280 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Peru | - | 1 | 1:31,791,454 | 110,866 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
The alternate forms: Gildás (1) are calculated separately.
Gildas (2,174) may also be a surname.
Gildas Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
‘Servant of God,’ in Celtic (cf. Gilchrist), this is the Latinisation of Gaelic Gilla, ‘a servant,’ the das being Latin deus. It is Gildas who, a Welsh historian, ‘rates all the contemporary princes so soundly’ (Yonge). Now rare.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Gildas Forename Popularity
Gildas Demographics
Average Male Gildas Height
174.13 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 15 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
Gildas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gildas in the Russian language | ||
| Гильдас | gildas | - |
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