Girl · Old English / Old High German
Walburga
Say it: val-BOOR-gah
Meaning
From Germanic wald 'rule' and burg 'protection, fortress'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Her feast gave its name to Walpurgis Night, and the name stayed in Catholic southern Germany and Austria.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 80 babies given this name since 1893
- At its height in 1896, about 1 in 34,000 girls
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Walpurga, Walburg
| English | Walburga |
|---|---|
| Dutch | Walburga |
| French | Vaubourg |
Famous bearers
- Saint Walburga, Anglo-Saxon abbess of Heidenheim
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Where this comes from
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- Calendars of saints and name days
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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