Hilda

Gender Feminine
Usage English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Spanish, Hungarian, Anglo-Saxon (Latinized) [1], Germanic [2]
Pronounced Pron. /ˈhɪl.də/(English) /ˈhɪl.da/(German) /ˈɦɪl.daː/(Dutch) /ˈil.da/(Spanish) /ˈhil.dɒ/(Hungarian)  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Originally a short form of names containing the Old Frankish element hildi, Old High German hilt, Old English hild meaning "battle" (Proto-Germanic *hildiz) [3][4][5]. The short form was used for both Old English and continental Germanic names. Saint Hilda (or Hild) of Whitby was a 7th-century English saint and abbess. The name became rare in England during the later Middle Ages, but was revived in the 19th century.

Related Names

Roothild/hildi/hilt/hildr
VariantsHylda(English) Hilde(German) Hilde(Dutch) Hilde, Hildur(Norwegian) Hild(Anglo-Saxon)
Other Languages & CulturesHildur(Icelandic) Ilda, Elda(Italian) Hildr(Norse Mythology) Hildr(Old Norse) Ilda(Portuguese)
User SubmissionsĦilda, Hildá

Popularity

People think this name is

classic   mature   formal   natural   wholesome   strong   strange   simple   serious  

Name Days

Austria: November 17
Estonia: September 17
Finland: February 22
France: November 17
Hungary: September 3
Latvia: December 17
Norway: December 15
Slovakia: December 11
Spain: November 17
Sweden: January 18

Sources & References

  1. Searle, William George. Onomasticon Anglo-Saxonicum. Cambridge, 1897, page 297.
  2. Förstemann, Ernst. Altdeutsches Namenbuch. Bonn, 1900, page 821.
  3. Köbler, Gerhard. Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, entry *hilt, available from https://www.koeblergerhard.de/ahdwbhin.html.
  4. Bosworth and Toller. An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (1898), page 535, available from http://lexicon.ff.cuni.cz/texts/oe_bosworthtoller_about.html.
  5. Orel, Vladimir. A Handbook of Germanic Etymology. Brill, 2003, page 168.

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Entry updated May 26, 2026