as a First Name
Italian: apparently of Germanic origin, representing a feminine short form of names containing the element gild ‘sacrifice’ (compare e.g. Hermengildo). Its occasional use in the English-speaking world since the 19th century may have been prompted by the character in Verdi's Rigoletto, the innocent daughter of the hunchback jester Rigoletto, who becomes the object of the Duke of Mantua's affections and is murdered on her father's orders as the result of a series of misunderstandings.
| 1,655th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 12,159
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Rhode Island
- has the most people named Gilda per capita
- 1927
- marked the height of its popularity
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