Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Gyda isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1952. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gyda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 50
- 0 boys · 50 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,361 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,361 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 11 in 2018.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Gyda’s family of names
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Gyda
- Gyda of SwedenSwedish princess, Danish queen consort1001–1048
- Gyda Westvold HansenNorwegian Nordic combined skierborn 2002
- Gyda EiriksdatterNorwegian Viking age queen consort852
- Gyda ChristensenNorwegian actress, dancer,and choreographer (1872-1964)
- Gyda Hansenactress (1938–2010)
- Gyda EngerNorwegian ski jumperborn 1993
- GythaDaughter of Sweyn I of Denmark1000–1100
- Gyda GramNorwegian painter (1851-1906)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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