Hildegard

The female name Hildegard derived from the Old High German words hild (=war or battle) and gard (=protection) and means "protecting battle-maid"^[1] Variant spellings include Hildegarde. The Polish, Portuguese, Slovene and Spanish version is Hildegarda; the Italian version is Ildegarda. Hildegárd is a Hungarian version. An ancient German version of the name was Hildegardis. Persons named Hildegard, Hildegarde or Hildegart include:

• Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179), Christian saint
• Hildegard, wife of Charlemagne, second wife of Charlemagne
• Hildegard, daughter of Louis or Matilda, daughter of Emperor Louis the Pious and Ermengarde of Hesbaye
• Hildegard Behrens (1937–2009), German opera singer
• Hildegard Falck (born 1949), German middle distance runner and Olympic medalist
• Hildegard Knef (1925–2002), German actress, singer and writer
• Hildegard Körner (born 1959), East German middle distance runner and Olympic competitor
• Hildegarde (1906–2005), American cabaret singer
• Hildegarde Flanner (1899–1987), American poet and activist
• Hildegarde Dolson Lockridge (1908–1981), poet, playwright and novelist
• Hildegarde Naughton, Irish politician and mayor of Galway
• Hildegart Rodríguez Carballeira, raised to be the perfect woman

Fictional characters so named include:

• Hildegard von Mariendorf from Legend of Galactic Heroes
• Hildegarde (Marvel Comics), a Valkyrie
• Hildegarde Withers, in novels and films
• Hildegard von Krone, from the Soul series of fighting games
• Hildegarde T., from the anime and manga series Beelzebub (manga) by Ryūhei Tamura
• Hildegarde, in the Johann Strauss operetta Simplicius
• Hildegarde Hummingbird, from the Mister Rogers' Neighborhood opera Windstorm in Bubbleland
• Princess Hildegarde from Sofia the First

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