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Meaning This name is in the birth records, but its history has not yet been added to the library. We add meanings only when they can be given with a source.
Its wave through time Fading since the 1890s
In the United States 0 5 10 15 20 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Girls 1898 Boys 1911 per 100,000 babies of that sex 2,825 babies given this name since 1889 At its height in 1898, about 1 in 6,000 girls Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020 Names worth a look Hilda Girl Short form of names containing Germanic hild 'battle'. Early Medieval · peak 1903 Holden Boy From an English surname taken from place names, from Old English hol 'hollow' and denu 'valley'. Modern · peak 2018 Hulda Girl Two sources meet here: German Holda, linked to hold 'gracious, lovely', and the Hebrew prophetess Huldah ('weasel,… Victorian · peak 1890 · forgotten Hildegard Girl From Germanic hild 'battle' and gard 'enclosure, protection'. Early Medieval · peak 1906 · forgotten Huldah Girl Hebrew Ḥuldah, 'weasel' or 'mole'. Biblical · forgotten Hilde Girl From Old Norse hildr 'battle', also a short form of names ending in -hild. Viking & Saxon Halldóra Girl From Old Norse hallr 'rock, stone' and the god-name Þórr; the feminine of Halldór. Middle Ages Hildebrand Boy From Germanic hild 'battle' and brand 'sword, flame'. Early Medieval · forgotten Where this comes from United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.