Given name & surname · also German
Brunhild
“breastplate”·“battle, fight”
Brunhild is a feminine given name from German, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in English and German.
Original GermanBrunhilde
Meaning & origin
What it means
Brunhild is built from elements meaning “breastplate” and “battle, fight”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is German.
How it developed
From German Brunhilde, from Middle High German Briunhilde, from Old High German *Brunnīhilta, from Proto-West Germanic *Brunnjuhildi, from Proto-Germanic *Brunjōhildiz, built from Proto-Germanic *brunjǭ (“breastplate”) + *hildiz (“battle, fight”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
In mythological stories, Brunhild is associated with the queen of the Valkyries.
Brunhild’s family of names
Brunhild has a related form in Brunhilde. In English usage, Brunhild was borrowed from the German form Brunhilde. Brunhild has a related form in Brunhilde.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Brunhild has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Old Norse roots to each of them.
4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Brunhildevariant · German
- Brunhildavariant
- Brynhildavariant
- Brynhildevariant
- Brynhildvariant · Faroese
- Brunnehildavariant
- Brunnehildevariant
- Brunnehildvariant
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Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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