Bernhild

Bernhild, also Bernhilde , is a female given name.

Origin and meaning

The name Bernhild comes from Old High German and is made up of the words 'bero' (' bear ') and 'hilt (i) a' (' fight ').

name day

Name day is June 15 , the memorial day of the Benilde of Córdoba (according to the Martyrologium Romanum , there Benildes ). She died as a martyr in the year 853 in Spain, then occupied by the Arabs , in the emirate of Cordoba .

Name bearer

• Bernhild Thormaehlen (1944–2011), German dancer, choreographer and dance teacher

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Friedhelm Debus : Reclam's name book: first names and their meaning. Reclam, Stuttgart 2014, ISBN 978-3-15-019197-2 ( limited preview in Google book search)
2. ↑ See Spanish-language Wikipedia.
3. ^ Complete lexicon of saints, edited by JE Stadler, FJ Heim and JN Ginal, Neusatz and facsimile of the Augsburg edition from 1858 to 1882. Berlin 2005: Directmedia, Digital Library Volume 106
4. ↑ Name: Benilda (Benilde, Bernhild, Bernhilde) on namenstage.katholisch.de