Gilead Forename

357,157th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 555 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Iceland

Gilead Forename Definition:

Gil'-le-ad, the mass of testimony. I. The son of Machir, and grandson of Manasseh. Num. xxvi. 29, &c. 2. The name of Jephthah s father. Judges xi. 1, 2. 3. Certain mountains which ran from Lebanon southward. Gen. xxxi. 21; Jer. viii 22; xlvi.

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Gilead Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria
88%
 
2201:807,11121,641
Tanzania
100%
891:593,12715,656
United States
100%
671:5,411,00066,000
Brazil
99%
 
661:3,246,00258,572
Zambia-251:634,19213,051
Israel-131:646,37811,150
Kenya-111:4,209,73724,377
South Africa
100%
81:6,816,581127,931
India
100%
71:173,553,9961,904,752
Cameroon-61:3,601,75060,590
Philippines
67%
 
61:17,668,246211,341
Malaysia
100%
51:6,089,988140,568
England
100%
41:13,900,73089,263
Zimbabwe
100%
31:5,141,27276,754
Mexico
100%
31:41,381,47674,307
Indonesia-31:85,987,8891,072,651
Singapore-21:3,143,52727,876
Australia-11:13,657,62255,904
Lebanon
100%
11:5,627,57119,299
Cambodia
100%
11:16,273,33074,610
Czechia-11:10,656,16211,509
Ukraine-11:45,499,90832,056
Uganda
100%
11:40,956,920131,348
DR Congo
100%
11:73,827,605146,761
Spain-11:46,529,96535,592
France-11:66,470,34085,030
Solomon Islands-11:580,9578,641
Qatar
100%
11:2,369,60559,530
Germany-11:96,677,87695,912
Iceland-11:366,0177,938
Netherlands-11:16,902,08343,152
Jordan-11:8,826,77411,126
Malawi
100%
11:17,112,31024,110
Liberia
100%
11:4,412,06136,340

Gilead (406) may also be a surname.

Gilead Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Gil'-le-ad, the mass of testimony. I. The son of Machir, and grandson of Manasseh. Num. xxvi. 29, &c. 2. The name of Jephthah s father. Judges xi. 1, 2. 3. Certain mountains which ran from Lebanon southward. Gen. xxxi. 21; Jer. viii 22; xlvi. 11.

The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar

Meaning: heap of witness: rolling forever.

A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson

A Hebrew name, meaning: Region east of the Jordan.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

Gilead Forename Popularity

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