Name: Hildegard

Gender: Female

Usage: Hildegard is not a popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.

People having the name Hildegard are in general originating from Austria, Denmark, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland.

Variants: For another variant of the name Hildegard across the world, see Hilde.

Meaning: The meaning of the name Hildegard is: Battle arena, A battle stronghold.

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The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 5. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: adventurous, energetic, curious, visionary, magnetic, expansive.

Interpretation:
Qualities: Extroverted, Adventurous
Ruling planet: Mercury
Colors: White, Gray
Gemstones: Diamond

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The name Hildegard is ranked on the 16,751st position of the most used names. It means that this name is rarely used.

We estimate that there are at least 13300 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.001% of the population. The name Hildegard has nine characters. It means that it is relatively long-length, compared to the other names in our database.

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The female name Hildegard derived from the Old High German words hild (=war or battle) and gard (=protection) and means "protecting battle-maid" 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
  • Hildegard 'Hildy' Johnson, from 1940 American comedy film His Girl Friday

German, Scandinavian, and English: from an old Germanic female personal name composed of the elements hild battle + gard enclosure. It was borne by the second wife of Charlemagne and by the mystical writer Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179).

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