Hillebrand (name)

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Hillebrand is a surname and a given name .

Origin and meaning

The name Hillebrand emerged from the name Hildebrand through sound adjustment (the “d” in “Hilde” was adjusted to the preceding “l”). The name variant Hillebrandt is by devoicing from Hillebrand emerged.

Hildebrand is an old Germanic name , which is made up of the words hiltja or hild ( Old High German or Old Saxon “fight”) and brand (Old High German, Old Saxon “fire brand ”, but also “sword”, metonym for “flaming sword”). The name became known through the early medieval Old High German Hildebrand song , based on a plot from the 5th century .

In the Nibelungen saga is Hildebrand , son of the Duke of garden, educators and armorer of Dietrich von Bern . The actual Hildebrand's song is about Hildebrand's return home and the duel with his son Hadubrand , who is killed by him.

distribution

The surname Hillebrand is common in the entire German-speaking area as well as in some neighboring countries ( Netherlands and Scandinavia ) and in Italy ( South Tyrol ), France ( Alsace ), Poland ( Silesia , Danzig ) and Belgium ( Eupen , Flanders ). Through emigration he can also be found in English-speaking countries - especially in the USA , but also in England , South Africa and Australia .

In Germany, Hillebrand is a family name mainly in south-east Westphalia, especially in the districts of Paderborn and Höxter and in the Hochsauerlandkreis . The name shows a second locally limited, very high relative occurrence in the district of Berchtesgadener Land - and in the neighboring Austrian district of Salzburg-Umgebung , where it reaches its greatest relative frequency in Austria . The second most common variant of Hillenbrand can be found in south-east Hesse - especially in the Fulda district - and in Lower Franconia . The third most common name variant Hillebrandt occurs in north-east Germany with the greatest relative frequency in the Northeim district . The numerous other variants are much less common in Germany and often only locally limited.

As a male first name , Hillebrand is common in northern Europe (Netherlands and Scandinavia).

variants

Many other variants of the name Hildebrand have emerged over the centuries . Only the variants similar to "Hillebrand" are listed below. Whether they were derived directly from "Hillebrand" or from one of the numerous derivatives of "Hildebrand" is often no longer traceable in detail.

  • Hellebrand (t)
  • Hellenbrand (t)
  • Light fire
  • Hillabrand
  • Hillbrand (t / s), Hilbrand (t / s)
  • Hillebrand (t / s), Hilebrand
  • Hillebrandi
  • Hillebrandus
  • Hillebrant
  • Hillebrenner
  • Hillenbrand (t / s)
  • Hillerbrand, Hüllerbrand
  • Hilsebrand

Name bearer

→ Name bearers of other variants can be found in separate articles for these variants.

Form Hillebrand

As a first name

Form Hillebrands

Form Hillebrandt

Form Hillerbrand

  • Josef Hillerbrand (1892–1981), German interior designer, textile designer and university professor
  • Rafaela Hillerbrand (* 1976), German physicist and philosopher specializing in applied technology ethics

Form Hilbrand

As a first name

Shape hillbrand

Form light fire

See also

Web links

Cards to spread the name variants

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gottschald, Max: German onenology . 3. Edition. de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1973, p. 329
  2. ↑ Gottschald, Max: German onenology . 3. Edition. de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1973, p. 205
  3. ↑ Seibicke, Wilfired: Historic German name book . Volume 1 A-E. de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1996, p. 335