Gilde Family History
Gilde Name Meaning
North German: habitational name from a place so named near Gifhorn in Lower Saxony. Dutch (also ‘t Gilde): from gilde ‘craft guild’ either a topographic or habitational name referring to a house or guildhall so named or a metonymic occupational name for a head or an employee of a guild.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022