Hilda
For other uses, see Hilda (disambiguation).
| Hilda | |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | HIL-də |
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Hild |
| Meaning | Battle |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Hilde, Hildur |
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Hilda (pronounced HIL-də) 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 of Nassau (1864–1952)
- Hilda Bernard (born 1920), Argentine stage, screen and television actress
- Hilda Bernstein (1915–2006), author, artist and activist against apartheid and for women's rights
- Hilda Borgström (1871–1954), Swedish actress
- Hilda Braid (1929–2007), English actress
- Hilda Caselli (1836-1901), Swedish educational reformer
- Hilda Conkling (1910–1986), American poet
- 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 Hewlett (1864–1943), first British aviatrix to earn a pilot's licence, and aviation entrepreneur
- Hilda Hilst (1930–2004), Brazilian poet, playwright and novelist
- Hilda Phoebe Hudson (1881-1965), English mathematician
- Hilda Käkikoski (1864-1912), Finnish politician, writer and schoolteacher, one of the first nineteen women elected to the Finnish parliament
- Hilda Kibet (born 1981), Dutch long distance runner
- Hilda Lund (1840–1911), Swedish ballerina
- Hilda Molina (born 1942), former chief neurosurgeon of Cuba and dissident
- Hilda Rix Nicholas (1884-1961), Australian painter
- Hilda Petrini (1838–1895), Swedish clock maker
- H. F. M. Prescott (1896-1972), English author, academic and historian
- Hilda Ramos (born 1964), Cuban retired discus thrower
- Hilda Ross (1883-1959), New Zealand politician
- Hilda Runciman, Viscountess Runciman of Doxford (1869–1956), British politician
- 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 pioneer in the birth control movement
- Hilda Terry (1914–2006), American cartoonist, creator of the comic strip Teena
Fictional characters
- 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
- Hilda or Hildegarde (Beelzebub), a main character in the manga Beelzebub
- Hilda, the female protagonist of Pokémon Black and White
- Polaris Hilda, a character from the Asgard Arc in the anime Saint Seiya
See also
- Brunhilda
- Hildebrand
- Hildegard
- Gunhild
- Krimhild
- Mathilde
- St. Hilda's (disambiguation)
- Broom-Hilda, U.S. newspaper comic strip created by Russell Myers
- Hylda (disambiguation)
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 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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