Given name
Alvilda
Alvilda is a feminine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Danish.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Alvilda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 123
- 0 boys · 123 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 8 in 1927. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Alvilda’s family of names
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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