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Hildegard

Proto-West Germanic roots

Language contexts for this entry: English, Spanish, German and 5 more

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Origin: Proto-West Germanic
8 language contexts: English Spanish German +5 more
Follow the evidence: 13 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Hildegard

Hildegard is a feminine given name documented in English, Spanish, German and 5 other languages. English Wiktionary traces it to Proto-West Germanic via German.

5 source accounts

Proto-West Germanic origin

Source-reported

Borrowed from German Hildegard in the 19th century; ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *Hildigardu.

Follow the language links in this account

Read from more recent borrowed forms toward older source forms. This is a derivation account, not a dated timeline.

German
Proto-West Germanic

Only explicit language links are shown. The full passage may also discuss word roots, comparisons or uncertain proposals.

Proto-language forms marked with an asterisk in the source are reconstructions, rather than dated records of a person using the name.

Read the cited Wiktionary entry

Sources for this account (7)

Wiktionary: HildegardCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: HildegardCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: HildegardCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Italian Wiktionary: HildegardCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Dutch Wiktionary: HildegardCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: HildegardCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: HildegardCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Explore 4 more accountsHide additional accountsSource accounts may describe the same origin.

German Wiktionary accountSource-reportedaus dem Althochdeutschen hiltja = Kampf und gardaz = Zaun, Einfriedung

aus dem Althochdeutschen hiltja = Kampf und gardaz = Zaun, Einfriedung

Sources for this account (1)

German Wiktionary: HildegardCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

French Wiktionary accountSource-reportedDu vieux haut allemand.Composé de hiltja (« combat ») et de gard (« abri »)

Du vieux haut allemand.Composé de hiltja (« combat ») et de gard (« abri »)

Sources for this account (1)

French Wiktionary: HildegardCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

French Wiktionary accountSource-reportedDu germanique hild (« combat ») - Garten (« jardin, terrain »). Champ de bataille.

Du germanique hild (« combat ») - Garten (« jardin, terrain »). Champ de bataille.

Sources for this account (1)

French Wiktionary: HildegardCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Dutch Wiktionary accountSource-reported'hild' is afkomstig van de Oudhoogduitse woorden hilta en hiltja (= gevecht, strijd) 'gard' komt uit het Germaans (betekenis: 'bescherming')

'hild' is afkomstig van de Oudhoogduitse woorden hilta en hiltja (= gevecht, strijd) 'gard' komt uit het Germaans (betekenis: 'bescherming')

Sources for this account (1)

Dutch Wiktionary: HildegardCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Documented usage

View usage notes (9)

Feminine usage · Wikidata Q3135653
Feminine usage in German · Wiktionary: Hildegard
Feminine usage in English · Wiktionary: Hildegard
Feminine usage in Swedish · Wiktionary: Hildegard
Feminine usage in Danish · Greek Wiktionary: Hildegard
Feminine usage in Spanish · Greek Wiktionary: Hildegard
Feminine usage in Icelandic · French Wiktionary: Hildegard
Feminine usage in Slovene · French Wiktionary: Hildegard
Feminine usage in Dutch · Dutch Wiktionary: Hildegard

Explore all 8 language contexts

Linguistic usage labels come from name dictionaries. They are separate from the sex categories recorded in statistical files.

Spelling and script

Written form “Hildegard” in the Latin script. Wikidata item Q3135653.

Name day: 09-17 (Sweden).

All pronunciation details (6)

[ˈhɪldəɡaʁt] — German
\ˈhɪldəɡart\ — German
[ˈhɪldəɡart] — German
/ˈhɪldəɡaʁt/ — German
/ ˈhɪldəɡaʁt / — German
/ˈhɪldəɡaʁt/ — German (singular)

02 / Across borders

Where Hildegard is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Hildegard’s connections around the world.

7 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 2025: 14 girls (rank 7491). Documented as a given name in English.

Explore United States

4 of 22 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Hildegard

Region and dataset

Recorded category girls

Latest · 2025: 14; applications; Rank #7,491
Peak year: 1915; 81 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Hildegard in United States, girls: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	6	1,136	observed
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	6	1,210	observed
1891	11	839	observed
1892	6	1,278	observed
1893	13	826	observed
1894	10	998	observed
1895	13	893	observed
1896	21	688	observed
1897	14	867	observed
1898	16	840	observed
1899	20	704	observed
1900	23	760	observed
1901	21	699	observed
1902	28	623	observed
1903	17	836	observed
1904	23	727	observed
1905	21	797	observed
1906	34	611	observed
1907	18	898	observed
1908	13	1,135	observed
1909	21	890	observed
1910	12	1,335	observed
1911	22	932	observed
1912	45	747	observed
1913	39	840	observed
1914	44	878	observed
1915	81	738	observed
1916	70	810	observed
1917	63	866	observed
1918	57	948	observed
1919	50	1,017	observed
1920	35	1,312	observed
1921	35	1,341	observed
1922	43	1,168	observed
1923	47	1,111	observed
1924	38	1,301	observed
1925	46	1,136	observed
1926	47	1,096	observed
1927	57	1,010	observed
1928	44	1,147	observed
1929	44	1,107	observed
1930	50	1,041	observed
1931	31	1,314	observed
1932	30	1,346	observed
1933	34	1,224	observed
1934	31	1,292	observed
1935	24	1,514	observed
1936	14	2,153	observed
1937	25	1,493	observed
1938	23	1,596	observed
1939	14	2,206	observed
1940	16	2,029	observed
1941	17	2,018	observed
1942	11	2,817	observed
1943	9	3,249	observed
1944	10	2,946	observed
1945	8	3,388	observed
1946	13	2,739	observed
1947	9	3,706	observed
1948	9	3,593	observed
1949	6	4,673	observed
1950	7	4,315	observed
1951	7	4,385	observed
1952	10	3,552	observed
1953	12	3,269	observed
1954	10	3,718	observed
1955	6	5,208	observed
1956	11	3,696	observed
1957	10	3,930	observed
1958	11	3,747	observed
1959	9	4,300	observed
1960	9	4,437	observed
1961	5	6,567	observed
1962	7	5,293	observed
1963	9	4,539	observed
1964	6	6,009	observed
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	no value	no value	not covered
1968	6	6,246	observed
1969	no value	no value	not covered
1970	6	7,070	observed
1971	no value	no value	not covered
1972	no value	no value	not covered
1973	no value	no value	not covered
1974	no value	no value	not covered
1975	no value	no value	not covered
1976	no value	no value	not covered
1977	no value	no value	not covered
1978	no value	no value	not covered
1979	no value	no value	not covered
1980	no value	no value	not covered
1981	no value	no value	not covered
1982	no value	no value	not covered
1983	no value	no value	not covered
1984	no value	no value	not covered
1985	no value	no value	not covered
1986	no value	no value	not covered
1987	no value	no value	not covered
1988	no value	no value	not covered
1989	no value	no value	not covered
1990	no value	no value	not covered
1991	no value	no value	not covered
1992	no value	no value	not covered
1993	no value	no value	not covered
1994	no value	no value	not covered
1995	no value	no value	not covered
1996	no value	no value	not covered
1997	no value	no value	not covered
1998	no value	no value	not covered
1999	no value	no value	not covered
2000	no value	no value	not covered
2001	no value	no value	not covered
2002	no value	no value	not covered
2003	no value	no value	not covered
2004	no value	no value	not covered
2005	no value	no value	not covered
2006	no value	no value	not covered
2007	no value	no value	not covered
2008	no value	no value	not covered
2009	no value	no value	not covered
2010	no value	no value	not covered
2011	no value	no value	not covered
2012	no value	no value	not covered
2013	no value	no value	not covered
2014	6	14,558	observed
2015	6	14,482	observed
2016	10	10,113	observed
2017	6	14,124	observed
2018	10	9,806	observed
2019	14	7,716	observed
2020	8	11,090	observed
2021	13	8,024	observed
2022	22	5,638	observed
2023	19	6,169	observed
2024	18	6,394	observed
2025	14	7,491	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Hildegard” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

04 / Through time

History

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Hildegard Knef
1925–2002
German actress, singer and writer (1925-2002)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Hildegard Falck
born 1949
German middle distance runner
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Hildegard Behrens
1937–2009
German operatic soprano (1937-2009)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Hildegard Peplau
1909–1999
American nurse and nursing theorist (1909–1999)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Hildegard Lächert
1920–1995
Nazi concentration camp guard (1920–1995)
Wikipedia Wikidata source

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A name worth keeping.

Take the story of Hildegard with you. Create a personal name passport with its meaning, roots and connections.

06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-17.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms10

Wikidata Q3135653CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: HildegardCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: HildegardCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: HildegardCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Dutch Wiktionary: HildegardCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Italian Wiktionary: HildegardCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: HildegardCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: HildegardCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
German Wiktionary: HildegardCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wiktionary: HildegardeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences3

Wikimedia Commons: File:De-Hildegard.oggCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikimedia Commons: File:Nl-Hildegard.oggCC-BY-SA-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikimedia Commons: File:LL-Q7913 (ron)-KlaudiuMihaila-Hildegard.wavCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates8

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Berlin — published first-given-name registration counts, 2017–2023
BerlinOnline GmbH, based on Berlin LABO civil-registry data · CC-BY-3.0-DE · retrieved 2026-10-15
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

Opening name…

About Hildegard

Hildegard is a feminine given name documented in English, Spanish, German and 5 other languages. English Wiktionary traces it to Proto-West Germanic via German.

5 source accounts

Proto-West Germanic origin

Source-reported

Borrowed from German Hildegard in the 19th century; ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *Hildigardu.

Follow the language links in this account

Read from more recent borrowed forms toward older source forms. This is a derivation account, not a dated timeline.

German
Proto-West Germanic

Only explicit language links are shown. The full passage may also discuss word roots, comparisons or uncertain proposals.

Proto-language forms marked with an asterisk in the source are reconstructions, rather than dated records of a person using the name.

Read the cited Wiktionary entry

Sources for this account (7)

Wiktionary: HildegardCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: HildegardCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: HildegardCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Italian Wiktionary: HildegardCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Dutch Wiktionary: HildegardCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: HildegardCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: HildegardCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Explore 4 more accountsHide additional accountsSource accounts may describe the same origin.

German Wiktionary accountSource-reportedaus dem Althochdeutschen hiltja = Kampf und gardaz = Zaun, Einfriedung

aus dem Althochdeutschen hiltja = Kampf und gardaz = Zaun, Einfriedung

Sources for this account (1)

German Wiktionary: HildegardCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

French Wiktionary accountSource-reportedDu vieux haut allemand.Composé de hiltja (« combat ») et de gard (« abri »)

Du vieux haut allemand.Composé de hiltja (« combat ») et de gard (« abri »)

Sources for this account (1)

French Wiktionary: HildegardCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

French Wiktionary accountSource-reportedDu germanique hild (« combat ») - Garten (« jardin, terrain »). Champ de bataille.

Du germanique hild (« combat ») - Garten (« jardin, terrain »). Champ de bataille.

Sources for this account (1)

French Wiktionary: HildegardCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Dutch Wiktionary accountSource-reported'hild' is afkomstig van de Oudhoogduitse woorden hilta en hiltja (= gevecht, strijd) 'gard' komt uit het Germaans (betekenis: 'bescherming')

'hild' is afkomstig van de Oudhoogduitse woorden hilta en hiltja (= gevecht, strijd) 'gard' komt uit het Germaans (betekenis: 'bescherming')

Sources for this account (1)

Dutch Wiktionary: HildegardCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Documented usage

View usage notes (9)

Feminine usage · Wikidata Q3135653
Feminine usage in German · Wiktionary: Hildegard
Feminine usage in English · Wiktionary: Hildegard
Feminine usage in Swedish · Wiktionary: Hildegard
Feminine usage in Danish · Greek Wiktionary: Hildegard
Feminine usage in Spanish · Greek Wiktionary: Hildegard
Feminine usage in Icelandic · French Wiktionary: Hildegard
Feminine usage in Slovene · French Wiktionary: Hildegard
Feminine usage in Dutch · Dutch Wiktionary: Hildegard

Explore all 8 language contexts

Linguistic usage labels come from name dictionaries. They are separate from the sex categories recorded in statistical files.

Spelling and script

Written form “Hildegard” in the Latin script. Wikidata item Q3135653.

Name day: 09-17 (Sweden).

All pronunciation details (6)

[ˈhɪldəɡaʁt] — German
\ˈhɪldəɡart\ — German
[ˈhɪldəɡart] — German
/ˈhɪldəɡaʁt/ — German
/ ˈhɪldəɡaʁt / — German
/ˈhɪldəɡaʁt/ — German (singular)

Where Hildegard is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Hildegard’s connections around the world.

7 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 2025: 14 girls (rank 7491). Documented as a given name in English.

Explore United States

4 of 22 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Hildegard

Region and dataset

Recorded category girls

Latest · 2025: 14; applications; Rank #7,491
Peak year: 1915; 81 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Hildegard in United States, girls: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	6	1,136	observed
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	6	1,210	observed
1891	11	839	observed
1892	6	1,278	observed
1893	13	826	observed
1894	10	998	observed
1895	13	893	observed
1896	21	688	observed
1897	14	867	observed
1898	16	840	observed
1899	20	704	observed
1900	23	760	observed
1901	21	699	observed
1902	28	623	observed
1903	17	836	observed
1904	23	727	observed
1905	21	797	observed
1906	34	611	observed
1907	18	898	observed
1908	13	1,135	observed
1909	21	890	observed
1910	12	1,335	observed
1911	22	932	observed
1912	45	747	observed
1913	39	840	observed
1914	44	878	observed
1915	81	738	observed
1916	70	810	observed
1917	63	866	observed
1918	57	948	observed
1919	50	1,017	observed
1920	35	1,312	observed
1921	35	1,341	observed
1922	43	1,168	observed
1923	47	1,111	observed
1924	38	1,301	observed
1925	46	1,136	observed
1926	47	1,096	observed
1927	57	1,010	observed
1928	44	1,147	observed
1929	44	1,107	observed
1930	50	1,041	observed
1931	31	1,314	observed
1932	30	1,346	observed
1933	34	1,224	observed
1934	31	1,292	observed
1935	24	1,514	observed
1936	14	2,153	observed
1937	25	1,493	observed
1938	23	1,596	observed
1939	14	2,206	observed
1940	16	2,029	observed
1941	17	2,018	observed
1942	11	2,817	observed
1943	9	3,249	observed
1944	10	2,946	observed
1945	8	3,388	observed
1946	13	2,739	observed
1947	9	3,706	observed
1948	9	3,593	observed
1949	6	4,673	observed
1950	7	4,315	observed
1951	7	4,385	observed
1952	10	3,552	observed
1953	12	3,269	observed
1954	10	3,718	observed
1955	6	5,208	observed
1956	11	3,696	observed
1957	10	3,930	observed
1958	11	3,747	observed
1959	9	4,300	observed
1960	9	4,437	observed
1961	5	6,567	observed
1962	7	5,293	observed
1963	9	4,539	observed
1964	6	6,009	observed
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	no value	no value	not covered
1968	6	6,246	observed
1969	no value	no value	not covered
1970	6	7,070	observed
1971	no value	no value	not covered
1972	no value	no value	not covered
1973	no value	no value	not covered
1974	no value	no value	not covered
1975	no value	no value	not covered
1976	no value	no value	not covered
1977	no value	no value	not covered
1978	no value	no value	not covered
1979	no value	no value	not covered
1980	no value	no value	not covered
1981	no value	no value	not covered
1982	no value	no value	not covered
1983	no value	no value	not covered
1984	no value	no value	not covered
1985	no value	no value	not covered
1986	no value	no value	not covered
1987	no value	no value	not covered
1988	no value	no value	not covered
1989	no value	no value	not covered
1990	no value	no value	not covered
1991	no value	no value	not covered
1992	no value	no value	not covered
1993	no value	no value	not covered
1994	no value	no value	not covered
1995	no value	no value	not covered
1996	no value	no value	not covered
1997	no value	no value	not covered
1998	no value	no value	not covered
1999	no value	no value	not covered
2000	no value	no value	not covered
2001	no value	no value	not covered
2002	no value	no value	not covered
2003	no value	no value	not covered
2004	no value	no value	not covered
2005	no value	no value	not covered
2006	no value	no value	not covered
2007	no value	no value	not covered
2008	no value	no value	not covered
2009	no value	no value	not covered
2010	no value	no value	not covered
2011	no value	no value	not covered
2012	no value	no value	not covered
2013	no value	no value	not covered
2014	6	14,558	observed
2015	6	14,482	observed
2016	10	10,113	observed
2017	6	14,124	observed
2018	10	9,806	observed
2019	14	7,716	observed
2020	8	11,090	observed
2021	13	8,024	observed
2022	22	5,638	observed
2023	19	6,169	observed
2024	18	6,394	observed
2025	14	7,491	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

History

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Hildegard Knef
1925–2002
German actress, singer and writer (1925-2002)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Hildegard Falck
born 1949
German middle distance runner
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Hildegard Behrens
1937–2009
German operatic soprano (1937-2009)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Hildegard Peplau
1909–1999
American nurse and nursing theorist (1909–1999)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Hildegard Lächert
1920–1995
Nazi concentration camp guard (1920–1995)
Wikipedia Wikidata source

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-17.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms10

Wikidata Q3135653CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: HildegardCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: HildegardCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: HildegardCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Dutch Wiktionary: HildegardCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Italian Wiktionary: HildegardCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: HildegardCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: HildegardCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
German Wiktionary: HildegardCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wiktionary: HildegardeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences3

Wikimedia Commons: File:De-Hildegard.oggCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikimedia Commons: File:Nl-Hildegard.oggCC-BY-SA-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikimedia Commons: File:LL-Q7913 (ron)-KlaudiuMihaila-Hildegard.wavCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates8

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Berlin — published first-given-name registration counts, 2017–2023
BerlinOnline GmbH, based on Berlin LABO civil-registry data · CC-BY-3.0-DE · retrieved 2026-10-15
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

A story to pass on.

About Hildegard

Proto-West Germanic origin

Where Hildegard is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Hildegard Knef

Hildegard Falck

Hildegard Behrens

Hildegard Peplau

Hildegard Lächert

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Hildegard

Proto-West Germanic origin

Where Hildegard is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Hildegard Knef

Hildegard Falck

Hildegard Behrens

Hildegard Peplau

Hildegard Lächert

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page