Hilda f
English, German, Dutch, and Scandinavian: of Germanic origin, a Latinized short form of any of several female names containing the element hild battle (e.g. HILDEGARD (SEE Hildegard)). Many of these are found in both Continental Germanic and Old English forms. St Hilda (614–80) was a Northumbrian princess who founded the abbey at Whitby and became its abbess. Hilda was a popular name in England both before and after the Norman Conquest. Its popularity waned in Tudor times, but it never quite died out, and was strongly revived in the 19th century.
Variants: English: Hylda. German: Hilde.
Cognate: Hungarian: Ildikó.
Masculine forms: Dutch: Hild, Hildo.
First names dictionary. 2012.