Hilda

Hilda
Pronunciation	/ˈhɪldə/ HIL-də
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Hild
Meaning	Battle
Other names
Related names	Hilde, Hildur

Hilda is one of several female 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] The name became rare in England during the later Middle Ages, but was revived in the 19th century.^[3] In Sweden it has been in use since the late 18th century, being a popular name throughout the 19th century. Hilde is a variant of Hilda. Another variation on Hild is Hildur.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Hilda is the name of:

People

Hilda of Whitby (c. 614-680), English saint
Princess Hilda (disambiguation), various princesses
Hilda Bernard (1920–2022), Argentine stage, screen and television actress
Hilda Bernstein (1915–2006), author, artist, and anti-apartheid and women's rights activist
Hilda Borgström (1871–1954), Swedish actress
Hilda Bettermann (1942-2023), American politician
Hilda Braid (1929–2007), English actress
Hilda Mabel Canter (1922–2007), English mycologist, protozoologist, and photographer
Hilda Caselli (1836-1901), Swedish educational reformer
Hilda Clayton (1991-2013), American U.S. Army specialist and war photographer
Hilda Conkling (1910–1986), American poet
Hilda Dallas (1878–1958) and sister Irene Dallas (1883 -1971), British suffragettes
Hilda Eisen (1917–2017), a Polish-born American businessperson, philanthropist, and Holocaust survivor
Hilda Ellis Davidson (1914–2006), English antiquarian and academic
H. D. (1886–1961), born Hilda Doolittle, American poet, novelist and memoirist
Hilda de Duhalde (born 1946), Argentine politician
Hilda Fenemore (1914–2004), English actress
Hilda Gadea (1921-1974), Peruvian economist, communist leader, author, and Che Guevara's first wife
Hilda Gaxiola (born 1972), Mexican beach volleyball player
Hilda Geiringer (1893–1973), Austrian mathematician and professor
Hilda Goldblatt Gorenstein (Hilgos) (1905–1998), American oil painter and watercolorist
Hilda Kay Grant (1910-1996), Canadian writer and artist
Hilda Habichayn (1934–2021), Argentine sociologist, created first master's program for women's studies in Latin America
Hilda Hewlett (1864–1943), first British woman aviator to earn a pilot's licence, and aviation entrepreneur
Hilda Heine (1951), Marshallese educator and politician
Hilda Hilst (1930–2004), Brazilian poet, playwright and novelist
Hilda Phoebe Hudson (1881-1965), English mathematician
Hilda Jesser (1894 – 1985), Austrian artist and designer
Hilda Käkikoski (1864-1912), Finnish politician, writer and schoolteacher, one of the first nineteen women elected to parliament
Hilda Kibet (born 1981), Dutch long distance runner
Hilda Lovell-Smith (1886 - 1973), businesswoman and community organiser from New Zealand
Hilda Lund (1840–1911), Swedish ballerina
Hilda Molina (born 1942), chief neurosurgeon of Cuba and dissident
Hilda Mundy (1912-1980), Bolivian writer, poet, journalist
Hilda Rix Nicholas (1884-1961), Australian painter
Hilda Petrini (1838–1895), Swedish clock maker
Hilda Pinnix-Ragland, American business executive
H. F. M. Prescott (1896-1972), English author, academic and historian
Hilda Ramos (born 1964), Cuban discus thrower
Hilda Muhlhauser Richards, American federal labor official
Hilda Ross (1883-1959), New Zealand politician
Hilda Runciman, Viscountess Runciman of Doxford (1869–1956), British politician
Hilda Sachs (1857-1935), Swedish journalist and women's rights activist
Hilda Sandels (1830-1921), Swedish opera singer
Hilda Sjölin (1835–1915), Swedish photographer
Hilda Solis (born 1957), United States Secretary of Labor in the Obama administration
Hilda Crosby Standish (1902-2005), American birth control pioneer
Hilda Svensson (born 2006), Swedish ice hockey player
Hilda Tadria, Ugandan women's rights activist
Hilda Terry (1914–2006), American cartoonist, creator of the comic strip Teena
Hilda Vīka (1897–1963), Latvian artist and writer
Hilda Woodward (1913–1999), British Musician

Fictional characters

Hilda, title character in Luke Pearson's Hilda series
Hilda, the 36th hero in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
Hilda, the female protagonist of the video game Pokémon Black and White
Hilda, a minor character on the family television series The Muppet Show
Hilda or Hildegarde (Beelzebub), a main character in the manga Beelzebub
Hilda, a pinup girl created by Duane Bryers
Hilda, the wife of Horace Rumpole, a character in the book and TV series Rumpole of the Bailey
Hilda Berg, an airplane boss who can shapeshift into a zeppelin from Cuphead
Dame Hilda Bracket, half of the opera singing female impersonation act "Hinge and Bracket"
Hilda Valentine Goneril, a character from the video game Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Princess Hilda of Lorule, a character from the video game The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
Hilda Ogden, from the British soap opera Coronation Street
Hilda Spellman, a main character in Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Hilda Suarez, from the American television series Ugly Betty
"Hot Ice" Hilda, a supporting character in the anime Outlaw Star
Polaris Hilda, the main antagonist of the Asgard arc in the anime Saint Seiya

Space

153 Hilda, a large asteroid in the Hilda group in the Solar System, named after one of the discoverer's daughters.

References

^ 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.
^ Patrick Hanks; Kate Hardcastle; Flavia Hodges (2006). A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. pp. 224–. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1. The name all but died out by the 14th century. It was strongly revived in the 19th century. Since the 1930s, however, it has again fallen from favour.
^ 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.

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[Schütz1837-1] 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 ...

[2] 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.

[HanksHardcastle2006-3] Patrick Hanks; Kate Hardcastle; Flavia Hodges (2006). A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. pp. 224–. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1. The name all but died out by the 14th century. It was strongly revived in the 19th century. Since the 1930s, however, it has again fallen from favour.

[ColemanVeka2010-4] 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.

[Klintberg2014-5] Bengt af Klintberg (30 January 2014). Namnen i almanackan (in Swedish). Norstedts. pp. 35–. ISBN 978-91-7297-039-7.

[Norman2003-6] Teresa Norman (1 July 2003). World of Baby Names, A (Revised). Penguin. pp. 498–. ISBN 978-1-4406-2556-5.

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