Gilda (first name)
Gilda is a female given name . The male form is Gildo .
Origin and meaning
Gilda is originally an Italian short form of names that contain the Germanic element gild with the meaning "sacrifice, value" (cf. Ermenegildo and Hermenegild ).
Name bearers
First name
- Gilda Aita (* 1943), Austrian artist
- Gilda Gray (1901–1959), American film actress and dancer
- Gilda Horvath (* 1983), Austrian Roma activist and journalist
- Gilda Langer (1896–1920), German theater and silent film actress
- Gilda Musa (1926–1999), Italian science fiction writer, poet, journalist, essayist and translator
- Gilda Radner (1946–1989), American actress and comedian
- Gilda Tompkins (* around 1940), New Zealand badminton player
stage name
- Gilda (Argentine singer) (1961–1996), Argentine pop singer
- Gilda (German singer) (* 1963), German pop singer
- Gilda (Italian singer) (born 1950), Italian pop singer
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gilda on behindthename.com (Engl.)