Details for the forename Hilda

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Hilda (female)


Variants:	Hilde (F) Ildikó (F)
Diminutive for:	Hildegard (F) Hiltraud (F) Hiltrud (F)
Derivative(s):	Elda (F)
Can be spelt:	Hylda (F)
Masculine form:	Hild (M) Hildo (M)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP "Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:	English, German, Dutch and Scandinavian from Old German "battle maiden". Hilda/Hilde are European short forms for many names containing the element -hild-, "battle". Hilda was a popular forename in England from before the Norman conquest but its popularity waned somewhat from Tudor times.