Given name
Ilda
“a battlemaiden; a protector”
Ilda is a variant of Ildiko. In Hungarian use, Ildiko carries the interpretation “a battlemaiden; a protector.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ilda is a variant of Ildiko. In Hungarian use, Ildiko carries the interpretation “a battlemaiden; a protector.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In Portuguese use, Ilda is a variant of Hilda. An origin associated with Hilda is Germanic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1894. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ilda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,522
- 0 boys · 1,522 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 34 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 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 34 in 1921. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,335 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.
Ilda’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Ilda has a related form in Hilda. In Italian usage, Ilda has a conventional equivalent in the English form Hilda. In Portuguese usage, Ilda has a related form in Hilda.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ilda has relatives in 4 languages.
1 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Ilda
- Ilda FigueiredoPortuguese politician of the 3rd republicborn 1948
- Ilda BoccassiniItalian magistrateborn 1949
- Ilda BengueAngolan handball playerborn 1974
- Ilda ReisPortuguese painter (1923-1998)
- Ilda KepićDanish-Montenegrin handball playerborn 1995
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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