Hilda
Hilde or Hilda is a female given name. It comes from the old high German hiltja (fight). In Germanic personal names , which were consistently two-part, it occurs as the first or second component: Hildegard , Hil (d) trud; Brunhild , Krimhild, Gerhild etc. It was not until the 19th and 20th centuries that the short and pet forms became independent first names.
Hilde is also a legendary figure, e.g. B. in the Kudrun . There she is the wife of Hetels, the king of Hegelingen.
Well-known namesake
- Hilda von Whitby (614–680), English saint and founder of a monastery
- Hilde Merete Aasheim (* 1958), Norwegian entrepreneur
- Hilde Benjamin (1902–1989), German lawyer and politician
- Hilde Coppi (1909–1943), German resistance fighter
- Hilde Domin (1909–2006), German writer
- Hilda Gadea (1925–1974), Peruvian revolutionary, wife of Che Guevara
- Hilda Geiringer (1893–1973), Austrian-American mathematician
- Hilde Gerg (* 1975), German ski racer
- Hilde Güden (1917–1988), Austrian singer
- Hilda Heinemann (1896–1979), wife of the German Federal President
- Hilda Hilst (1930-2004), Brazilian writer
- Hilde Krahl (1917–1999), Austrian actress
- Hilde Levi (1909–2003), German-Danish physicist
- Hilde Lotz-Bauer (1907–1999), German photographer and art historian
- Hilde Mattheis (* 1954), German politician (SPD)
- Hilda Murrell (1906–1984), British rose breeder
- Hilda von Nassau (1864–1952), last Grand Duchess of Baden
- Hilda Nickson (1912–1977), British writer
- Hilde Nocker (1924–1996), German television announcer and presenter
- Hilde Schneider (actress) (1914–1961), German actress
- Hilde Schramm (* 1936), German educational scientist, sociologist and journalist
- Hilda Solis (* 1957), American politician
- Hilde Spiel (1911–1990), Austrian writer and journalist
- Hilde Spier (1901–1942), German journalist
- Hilda van Stockum (1908-2006), Dutch children's book author
- Hilde Zimmermann (née Wundsam ; 1920–2002), Austrian resistance fighter and political activist
Hilde as a family name
- Tom Hilde (* 1987), Norwegian ski jumper
- Terje Hilde (* 1986), Norwegian ski jumper
Movies
- Hilde (film) , German feature film (2009) about the actress and singer Hildegard Knef
- Hilde, the maid , DEFA feature film (1986)