Gerhild
Gerhild , Gerhilde , Gerhilt or Kerhild is an old, German, female given name.
Origin and meaning
The name Gerhild is made up of the two Old High German words gēr = spear and hiltja = fight . Gerhild is therefore a spear fighter. She is comparable to Brünhild , the fighter with the breastplate.
name day
The Catholic memorial day ( name day ) for Gerhild (Kerhild) of Konstanz is September 23rd . In the 12th century she led a life of penance as a recluse in the monastery of St. Gallen (Switzerland). Recluses lived secluded in a monastery cell or hermitage.
Well-known namesake
- Gerhild Diesner (* 1915 Innsbruck; † 1995 Hall in Tirol), Austrian painter
- Gerhild Ebel (* 1965), artist, author and editor
- Gerhild Halfmeier (1942–2020), Hamburg politician of the SPD
- Gerhild Jahn (born June 24, 1941 - September 21, 1998), North Rhine-Westphalian politician
- Gerhild Komander (* 1958), German historian, academic author, publicist and editor
- Gerhild Romberger (* 19 ??), German song, concert and oratorio singer
- Gerhild Steinbuch (* 1983), Austrian author
- Gerhild Weber (born May 3, 1918 - November 7, 1996), German actress
Fictional namesake
- One of the Valkyries in Richard Wagner's opera “Die Walküre” from the “ Ring des Nibelungen ” is the soprano Gerhilde.
- The protagonist in the novel "The Stone Snake" by Iny Lorentz