Hilda
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
Short form of Germanic names beginning or ending in hild (“battle”).
=== Pronunciation ===
(US) IPA(key): /ˈhɪldə/
Rhymes: -ɪldə
=== Proper noun ===
Hilda
A female given name from the Germanic languages used since Middle Ages.
St Hilda of Whitby
==== Related terms ====
Hildegard
==== Translations ====
=== Anagrams ===
hail'd, haldi, halid
== Cebuano ==
=== Etymology ===
From English Hilda, from Germanic.
=== Proper noun ===
Hilda
a female given name from English [in turn from the Germanic languages]
== Danish ==
=== Proper noun ===
Hilda
a female given name, equivalent to English Hilda
== Estonian ==
=== Proper noun ===
Hilda
a female given name, equivalent to English Hilda
== Faroese ==
=== Proper noun ===
Hilda f
a female given name
==== Usage notes ====
Matronymics
son of Hilda: Hilduson
daughter of Hilda: Hildudóttir
==== Declension ====
== Finnish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Swedish Hilda, German Hilda.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈhildɑ/, [ˈhildɑ̝]
Rhymes: -ildɑ
Syllabification(key): Hil‧da
Hyphenation(key): Hil‧da
=== Proper noun ===
Hilda
a female given name, equivalent to English Hilda
==== Declension ====
==== Statistics ====
Hilda is the 221st most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 2,661 female individuals (and as a middle name to 1,647 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
== German ==
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Proper noun ===
Hilda
a female given name, equivalent to English Hilda
==== Related terms ====
Hilde
== Icelandic ==
=== Proper noun ===
Hilda f (proper noun, genitive singular Hildu)
a female given name
==== Declension ====
== Norwegian ==
=== Proper noun ===
Hilda
a female given name, equivalent to English Hilda
==== Related terms ====
Hilde, Hildur
== Portuguese ==
=== Alternative forms ===
Ilda
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from German Hilda.
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Proper noun ===
Hilda f
a female given name from German, equivalent to English Hilda
== Serbo-Croatian ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /xîlda/
=== Proper noun ===
Hȉlda f (Cyrillic spelling Хи̏лда)
a female given name
==== Declension ====
=== Further reading ===
“Hilda”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2026
== Slovak ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈɦiɫda/
=== Proper noun ===
Hilda f
a female given name
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
Hilduška
=== Further reading ===
“Hilda”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈilda/ [ˈil̪.d̪a]
Rhymes: -ilda
Syllabification: Hil‧da
=== Proper noun ===
Hilda f
a female given name, equivalent to English Hilda
==== Related terms ====
== Swedish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Proper noun ===
Hilda c (genitive Hildas)
a female given name, equivalent to English Hilda
==== Related terms ====
Hildur
== Tagalog ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from English Hilda.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈhilda/ [ˈhil.d̪ɐ]
Rhymes: -ilda
Syllabification: Hil‧da
=== Proper noun ===
Hilda (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜎ᜔ᜇ)
a female given name from English
=== Anagrams ===
dahil, lahid