Brunhild (first name)
Brunhild is a female given name. The name arose from the combination of brunni (Old High German: breastplate) and hiltja (Old High German: fight). The name appears as Brünhild in the Nibelung saga, among other things .
Origin and name day
Brunhild is a two-part name from Old High German : brunni means breastplate (armor), hild stands for battle. The name means something like "in the armor for battle". Name day is November 27th .
variants
- Brunhilda, Brunhilde, Bruni, Brunichild, Brünhild, Brynhild, Brünnhilde
Name bearers
- Brunichild (548–613), Austrasian queen
- Brunhilde Baur (1935–2004), German publisher
- Brunhilde Fuchs (* 1947), Austrian politician (SPÖ)
- Brunhilde Hanke (* 1930), politician of the GDR, Lord Mayor of Potsdam, member of the People's Chamber and member of the GDR State Council
- Brunhilde Hendrix (1938–1995), German athlete
- Brunhilde Irber (* 1948), German politician (SPD)
- Bruni Löbel (1920–2006), German actress
- Brunhilde Peter (1925-2014), German politician (SPD)
- Brunhilde Pomsel (1911-2017), German secretary (by Joseph Goebbels )
- Brunhilde Raiser (* 1953), German Protestant theologian
- Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway (* 1929), American classical archaeologist of Italian descent
- Brunhild Wendel (1923–2009), German politician (SPD)
proof
- ^ Name days lexicon , accessed on May 13, 2018