Given name & surname · also Germanic

Hiltunen

“battle”

Hiltunen is a given name from Germanic, ultimately from Middle Low German. It is used in Finnish.

Original GermanHildebrand

Meaning & origin

What it means

Hiltunen goes back to a word meaning “battle.”

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Where it comes from

Hiltunen comes from Germanic, and ultimately from Middle Low German.

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How it developed

From Proto-Germanic *hildiz, from Middle Low German Hildebrant.

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Hiltunen’s family of names

In Finnish usage, Hiltunen shares a linguistic root with the German form Hildebrand. In Finnish usage, Hiltunen shares a linguistic root with the Swedish form HILDING.

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Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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German

Himanen

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German

Hibben

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German

Helminen

“pearl”

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German

Hopponen

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German

Hildebran

Hildebran is a surname from German.

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Old High German

Hartikainen

Hartikainen is a surname from Middle Low German, ultimately from Old High German. It is used in Finnish.

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German

Hitsman

Hitsman is a surname, probably from German.

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German

Hillenmeyer

Hillenmeyer is a surname from German.

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Sibling ideas

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