Given name
Hildur
“a battlemaiden”
Hildur is used as a given name. One Icelandic interpretation is “a battlemaiden.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Icelandic interpretation is “a battlemaiden.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Icelandic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1885. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hildur through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 718
- 0 boys · 718 girls
- Most popular year
- 1915
- 32 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 6 in 1933. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 101 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Hildur’s family of names
In Norwegian usage, Hildur has a related form in Hilda. Hildur has a related form in Hildura. Hildur has a related form in Hildurr.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Hildur
- Hildur GuðnadóttirIcelandic musician and composerborn 1982
- Alice BabsSwedish singer and actor (1924-2014)
- Hildur AndersenNorwegian musician1864–1956
- Hildur KrogNorwegian botanist (1922-2014)
- Hildur AntonsdóttirIcelandic association football playerborn 1995
- Victorine NordenswanFinnish painter (1838—1872)
- Hildur SchirmerNorwegian singer and musicologist (1856-1914)
- Hildur NygrenSwedish politician (1896-1962)
- Hildur ÞorgeirsdóttirIcelandic handball playerborn 1989
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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