Girl name Old German origin Christian tradition

Hilde

HIL-duh · 5 letters · 2 syllables
What it means
Battle
Language
Old German
Culture
Germanic
Religion
Christian
Style era
vintage
Themes
vintage · warrior
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#7712
2024 births14
Peak year2021
First appeared1916
Total US births379
2021 peak19161943197019972024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
Hil
Alternate spellings
HildaHildy
In other languages
Hilde (German)Hilda (English)Ilda (Italian)Hildur (Icelandic)

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Notable people named Hilde

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