Hildebrandt (family name)
Hildebrandt is a family name .
distribution
The name Hildebrandt is used throughout the German-speaking area , but is particularly widespread in northern and eastern Germany ( Lower Saxony , Saxony-Anhalt , Thuringia , Brandenburg , North Hesse , Schleswig-Holstein , Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania ).
The name variant Hildebrand can also be found in the entire German-speaking area. In Germany, however, it is particularly common in Hesse and Thuringia. These two variants, Hildebrand and Hildebrandt, are also mainly found in the southern part of German-speaking Switzerland , while the Hiltebrand variant is particularly common in northern Switzerland .
The less common variant Hildenbrand is almost only common in south-west Germany ( Baden-Württemberg , south Hesse, west Bavaria ) - especially in the Main-Tauber district .
variants
- Hildebrand , Hildebrands
- Hildenbrand , Hildenbrandt
- Hildbrand , Hildbrandt
- Hero fire
- Helebrant
- Hiltebrand , Hiltebrandt , Hiltebrant
- Hildeprand ( Hildeprand , † after 744, King of the Longobards)
Origin and meaning
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", metronym 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.
Name bearer
- see Hildebrandt