Given name & surname · also Hebrew
Gilad
“from the monument”·“a camel's hump”
Gilad is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “from the monument” and “a camel's hump”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “from the monument” and “a camel's hump”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Hebrew and Arabic naming traditions.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1969. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gilad through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 330
- 330 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 16 in 2001. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 512 as a first name in 2020; 185 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Gilad’s family of names
Gilad has a related form in Giladea. Gilad has a related form in Giladee. Gilad has a related form in Giladey.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 14
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Gileadvariant
- Gyladeavariant
- Gyladeevariant
- Gyladeyvariant
- Gyladyvariant
- Gyladievariant
- Gyladivariant
- Giladeavariant
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Gilad
- Ghil'ad ZuckermannLinguist, language revivalist, professor, author, hyperpolyglotborn 1971
- Gilad ShalitIsraeli writer, soldier, and former hostageborn 1986
- Gilad ErdanIsraeli politician and diplomatborn 1970
- Gilad AtzmonIsraeli-born British jazz musician and authorborn 1963
- Gilad BloomIsraeli tennis playerborn 1967
- Gilad HochmanIsraeli composerborn 1982
- Gilad KarivIsraeli lawyerborn 1973
- Gilad HekselmanIsraeli-born jazz guitaristborn 1983
- Gilad KleterIsraeli voice actorborn 1976
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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