Given name
Nilda
“a dark and noble battlemaiden”
In Italian use, Nilda carries the interpretation “a dark and noble battlemaiden.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Italian use, Nilda carries the interpretation “a dark and noble battlemaiden.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Italian.
How it developed
Nilda is used as a form of Brunhilda.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1911. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nilda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,244
- 0 boys · 3,244 girls
- Most popular year
- 1957
- 118 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 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 118 in 1957. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 8,491 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.
Nilda’s family of names
Nilda is a form of Brunhilda. Nilda has a related form in Nild. Nilda has a related form in Nilde.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Nilda
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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