Gildas

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5/30/2025, 10:48 PM Mike C gildas added (from user-submitted name 185777)
7/13/2023, 5:43 AM Jenkowelten 185777
2/15/2022, 12:08 AM Frollein Gladys 185777
2/23/2019, 9:11 AM Frollein Gladys 185777
7/15/2017, 4:23 AM SeaHorse15 185777
1/20/2016, 11:07 PM Frollein Gladys 185777
3/14/2015, 3:40 PM Frollein Gladys 185777
2/22/2013, 3:07 PM Mike C 185777
2/21/2013, 2:33 AM Gildas G.

Gender Masculine
Usage French
Pronounced Pron. /ʒil.da/, /ʒil.das/

Meaning & History

From Gildasius, the Latinized form of a Celtic name (spelled Gweltaz in modern Breton). It could be related to Celtic *gweltā "grass", or the compound *kēlyos "companion, servant" and *dēwos "god". Saint Gildas the Wise was a 6th-century British monk who later settled in Brittany.