Gilda (given name)

Gilda is a given name.

People with the stage name or alias

• Gilda (Argentine singer) (1961–1996), Argentine singer and songwriter born Miriam Alejandra Bianchi
• Gilda (Italian singer) (born 1950), Italian singer, winner of the 1975 Sanremo Music Festival
• Gilda Jovine, modelling name of Gilda Gross (born 1981), Dominican beauty pageant titleholder, actress and model
• Gilda Mignonette, stage name of Griselda Andreatini (1890–1953), Neapolitan singer

People with the given name

• Gilda Aranda (born 1933), Mexican former Olympic sports swimmer
• Gilda Barabino (born 1956), American academic
• Gilda Bolt-González (born 1956), Nicaraguan diplomat
• Gilda Buttà (born 1959), Italian pianist
• Gilda Casanova (born 1995), Cuban sprinter
• Gilda Cobb-Hunter (born 1952), American politician
• Gilda Cordero-Fernando (1930–2020), Filipino writer and publisher
• Gilda Cruz-Romo (1940–2025), Mexican operatic soprano
• Gilda Dalla Rizza (1892–1975), Italian operatic soprano
• Gilda Darthy (1878–1952), French actress
• Gilda de Abreu (1904–1979), Brazilian actress, singer, writer and film director
• Gilda Galán (1917–2009), Puerto Rican actress, dramatist, comedian, writer, composer, scriptwriter and poet
• Gilda García López (born c. 1965), Panamanian beauty pageant contestant, 1986 Miss Panamá
• Gilda Gelati (born 1967), Italian ballerina
• Gilda Giuliani (born 1954), Italian singer
• Gilda Gray (1901–1959) Polish-born American actress and dancer, born Marianna Michalska
• Gilda Haddock (born 1956), Puerto Rican actress, gospel singer and dancer
• Gilda Holst (born 1952), Ecuadorian writer and professor
• Gilda Jacobs (born 1949), American politician
• Gilda Jannaccone (born 1940), Italian former middle distance runner
• Gilda Kirkpatrick (born 1973), Iranian-born New Zealand author, creative director and television personality
• Gilda Langer (1896–1920), German actress
• Gilda Lousek (1937–1998), Argentine actress
• Gilda H. Loew (1930–2001), American chemist
• Gilda Lyons (born 1975), American composer, vocalist, and visual artist
• Gilda Maiken (1922–2001), American pop and jazz singer
• Gilda Marchiò (1884–1954), Italian theatre actress
• Gilda Montenegro (born 1967), Costa Rican slalom canoeist
• Gilda E. Nardone (fl. 1978—present), American women's employment advocate
• Gilda Ochoa, 20th and 21st century American sociologist and professor
• Gilda Oliveira (born 1983), Brazilian freestyle wrestler
• Gilda Oliveros (born 1949), former American politician
• Gilda Olvidado (born 1957), Filipina movie and television writer
• Gilda O'Neill (1951–2010), British novelist and historian
• Gilda Radner (1946–1989), American comedian and actress
• Gilda Ruta (1856–1932), Italian pianist, music educator and composer
• Gilda Sansone (born 1989), Italian fashion model
• Gilda Snowden (1954–2014), African-American artist from Detroit
• Gilda Texter (born 1946), American costume designer, wardrobe supervisor and actress
• Gilda Varesi (1887–1965), Italian-born actress and playwright

Fictional characters with the given name

• Gilda (Rigoletto), the daughter of the title character of the opera Rigoletto
• Gilda Dent, the wife of Harvey Dent (better known as the villain Two-Face) in Batman comic books
• Gilda the Griffon, a character in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
• Gilda Joyce, mystery novel series written by Jennifer Allison, featuring lead character Gilda Joyce as a psychic investigator
• Las hermanas Gilda, Spanish comic characters of the series of the same name created by Manuel Vázquez Gallego in 1949

See also

• Gilda (disambiguation)
• Gildo (given name)