Hilde (given name)

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Hilde
Pronunciation /ˈhɪldə/
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/name Hild
MeaningBattle
Other names
Related names Hilda, Hildur

Hilde 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] Hilde was popular in Norway from the 1950s until the 1970s. It is a variant of Hilda, which in turn is a more recent variation of Hildur. [3] [4] [5]

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People named Hilde

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  1. ↑ 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 ...
  2. ↑ Scandinavian Classics. Vol. 27. American Scandinavian Foundation. 1927. p. 303. Warfare and battle had numerous designations after the Valkyries; "Hild's Game" is especially common.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Bengt af Klintberg (30 January 2014). Namnen i almanackan (in Swedish). Norstedts. pp. 35–. ISBN   978-91-7297-039-7.
  5. ↑ Teresa Norman (1 July 2003). World of Baby Names, A (Revised). Penguin. pp. 498–. ISBN   978-1-4406-2556-5.
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