Gilead - name meaning and origin

The boy's name Gilead \gi-lead\ is a variant of Gilad (Arabic, Hebrew), and the meaning of Gilead is "hump of a camel; monument, site of testimony".

The baby name Gilead sounds like Giladi, Gillett, Gelett and Glade. Other similar baby names are Gilean, Eilad, Gilam, Giles, Gillean, Gillan, Gilian and Gilray.

Gilead is a very rare male first name and is not used as a surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the boy's name Gilead. Compare Gilead with related baby names.