Gildo

Gildo is a male name .

Origin and meaning

Gildo is a short form of the Italian name Ermenegildo . The feminine form of the name is Gilda .

name day

• April 13 (see Hermenegild )

Name bearer

First name

• Gildo (general) (≈330–398), late Roman officer and usurper

• Gildo Bocci (1886–1964), Italian actor
• Gildo Brugnola (1890–?), Italian Catholic priest
• Gildo De Stefano (* 1953), Italian jazz author, journalist and music critic
• Gildo Insfrán (* 1951), Argentine politician
• Gildo Mahones (1929–2018), American modern jazz pianist

stage name

• Rex Gildo (1936–1999), German actor and pop singer

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Knaur's small book of first names, Munich, 2006, p. 50