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Girl · Old English
Hild
Say it: HILD
Meaning
Old English hild 'battle'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
St Hild's fame inspired the Victorian revival of Hilda in England, helped by the related continental name.
Its wave through time
No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Hilda
| Spanish | Hilda |
|---|---|
| German | Hilde |
| Swedish | Hilda |
Famous bearers
- St Hild, abbess of Whitby
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Where this comes from
- Anglo-Saxon charters, chronicles and church records
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
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