Name Hilda

Origin:

From Old High German words for fight and fence, enclosure, protection

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About the name Hilda in particular

Gender:	female
Languages of use:	German, English
Is short form of:	Hildegard
Topics:	Asteroid 153 Hilda, diameter 170.63 km, period 5.11 years
US 2021 rank:	not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below
Similarly written:	Gilda, Hilde, Hilka, Hilla, Hilma, Holda, Hulda, Hulda, Ilda, Nilda Details

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About Hildegard, the group of names with the same origin as Hilda

Language of origin:	Old High German
Info about origin:	old Germanic two-element name
	known from Saint Hildegard of Bingen (11th/12th century AD)
Words:	hiltja = the fight Old High German
	gard = the fence, the enclosure, the protection Old High German
Topics:	Two-element name
Variants' top ranks:	12:Hilde Norway 2015, 13:Ildikó Hungary 2014, 14:Hilda England+Wales 1904, 20:Hildegard Germany 2005
Name variants:	Elda, Hilda, Hilde, Hildegard, Hildegarda, Hildegart, Ilda, Ildikó Sortable list Details

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