Given name
Huldah
“weasel”
In English use, Huldah has a related form in Hulda. One Hebrew interpretation is “weasel.” Its derivation is not certain.
Original Hebrewחלדה
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Huldah has a related form in Hulda. One Hebrew interpretation is “weasel.” Its derivation is not certain.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In English use, Huldah has a related form in Hulda. The history of Hulda gives this family its wider story. In biblical tradition, Hulda is the name of a prophetess.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Huldah appears in 2 Kings 22:14.
From biblical name research
Huldah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 856
- 0 boys · 856 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 35 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 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 35 in 1920. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 212 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.
Huldah’s family of names
In English usage, Huldah has a related form in Hulda. In English usage, Huldah has a conventional equivalent in the German form Hulda. Huldah has a related form in Hulda.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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