Gilad
Only about 130 men in Poland carry it, and it goes to no newborns at all, so most Poles have never met one. A Hebrew name read as "siła, męstwo": strength, or a heap of testimony raised as a monument.
Gilad Pronunciation
Gilad is pronounced GEE-laht (/ˈgilat/).
What Gilad means
Where Gilad comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Gilad comes from Hebrew, and behind it stands a place name, Gilead, the highland region east of the Jordan. The book of Genesis gives the name its oldest sense. When Jacob and Laban part ways, they raise a heap of stones as a witness to their pact, and Laban calls it Galed, the heap of testimony (Genesis 31:47-48). Gilad keeps that sense inside it: a monument, a pile of stones that remembers.
Short. A name of two syllables.
In Poland the name is rare and clearly Jewish, so a Gilad on a class register in Kraków marks a family with Hebrew roots. For Polish parents the reading that travels is siła and męstwo, strength and courage, an association tied to the rugged Gilead hills and their fighters in scripture. That sense came later than the stones. The book of Judges names Jephthah the Gileadite among its warriors, which fixed the martial color.
Gilad still means, first, a heap of testimony.
How many people are named Gilad
1 in 164201 men in Poland is named Gilad. 130 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2923 among male names.
Gilad as a middle name
Gilad is a first name for 130 men in Poland and a middle name for another 6, a 96/4 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 4249th, between Gerwin (6) and Godfryd (6).
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#4247 Gerchard6
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#4248 Gerwin6
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#4249 Gilad6
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#4250 Godfryd6
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#4251 Gracian6