Back هيلدا Arabic Hilda Danish Hilda Estonian Hilda Finnish Hilda Hungarian Hilda Icelandic Hilda (praenomen) Latin Hilda (voornaam) Dutch Hilda NB Hilda Polish
 Hilda, a three-year-old American girl, was photographed by Lewis Hine for a report on child labor as she picked sugar beets in Wisconsin in July, 1915. Her name ranked 104th when Hilda was born in 1912. | |
| Pronunciation | /ˈhɪldə/ HIL-də |
|---|---|
| Gender | Feminine |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Hild |
| Meaning | Battle |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Hilde, Hildur, Hildy |
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Hilda is one of several feminine given names derived from the name Hild, formed from Old Norse hildr, meaning 'battle'. Hild, a Nordic-German Bellona,[1] was a Valkyrie who conveyed fallen warriors to Valhalla. Warfare was often called Hild's Game.[2] Hilda of Whitby was an early Christian saint.
Hylda is a spelling variant. Hilde is a variant of Hilda. Another variation on Hild is Hildur.[3][4][5] Hildy is an English nickname. Ildikó is a Hungarian form of the name. Related names include Brunhilde, Brynhild, Hildebrand, Hildegard, Gunhild, Krimhild, and Mathilde.
- ^ Heinrich Wilhelm Schütz (1837). Kleines Namen-Lexikon oder kurzgefasste Erklärungen der merkwürdigsten Orts- und Personennamen: mit Einschluss nicht weiniger Länder-, Völker-, Gebirgs- und Flussnamen (in German). Feister. pp. 34–.
Hild, nordisch-deutsche Bellona, dann auch Krieg überhaupt ...
- ^ Scandinavian Classics. Vol. 27. American Scandinavian Foundation. 1927. p. 303.
Warfare and battle had numerous designations after the Valkyries; "Hild's Game" is especially common.
- ^ Nancy L. Coleman; Olav Veka (9 December 2010). A Handbook of Scandinavian Names. Univ of Wisconsin Press. pp. 10–. ISBN 978-0-299-24833-8.
- ^ Bengt af Klintberg (30 January 2014). Namnen i almanackan (in Swedish). Norstedts. pp. 35–. ISBN 978-91-7297-039-7.
- ^ Teresa Norman (1 July 2003). World of Baby Names, A (Revised). Penguin. pp. 498–. ISBN 978-1-4406-2556-5.