Entry № 3667 · Hebrew origin

Gila Gila — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ GEE-lah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
Meaning
"Joy"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Modern (Hebrew)

A name that means "joy".

Gila (גִּילָה) is the Hebrew word for "joy" or "happiness." Used widely in modern Israel.

Gila is widely used in Israel.

Joy. The Hebrew happiness.

The name in its native script.

גִּילָה
Transliteration
Gīlāh
Pronunciation
/ ˈɡiː.lə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Gila stands.

Gila does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Gilas before her.

Real people
Gila Almagor
Israeli actress.
born 1939
In fiction
Gila
Common in Israeli fiction.

Names connected to Gila.

The number behind Gila.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Gila reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.