Old Norse origin
Source-reportedOld Norse Hildigunnr, from hildr (“battle”) + gunnr (“battle”)
Sources for this account (2)
- Wiktionary: HildegunnCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
- Greek Wiktionary: HildegunnCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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01 / Meaning & origin
Hildegunn is a feminine given name documented in Danish and Norwegian. English Wiktionary traces it to Old Norse Hildigunnr.
Old Norse Hildigunnr, from hildr (“battle”) + gunnr (“battle”)
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Norway, 1998: 5 girls (rank 525). Documented as a given name in Norwegian.
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03 / By the numbers
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1945–2025 Spelling: Hildegunn
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Source: Statistics Norway · Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Births | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 31 | 156 | observed |
| 1946 | 33 | 147 | observed |
| 1947 | 35 | 144 | observed |
| 1948 | 23 | 174 | observed |
| 1949 | 42 | 124 | observed |
| 1950 | 35 | 137 | observed |
| 1951 | 30 | 142 | observed |
| 1952 | 39 | 125 | observed |
| 1953 | 33 | 143 | observed |
| 1954 | 41 | 121 | observed |
| 1955 | 47 | 107 | observed |
| 1956 | 36 | 134 | observed |
| 1957 | 47 | 109 | observed |
| 1958 | 50 | 103 | observed |
| 1959 | 48 | 105 | observed |
| 1960 | 55 | 100 | observed |
| 1961 | 45 | 117 | observed |
| 1962 | 44 | 118 | observed |
| 1963 | 50 | 112 | observed |
| 1964 | 46 | 117 | observed |
| 1965 | 45 | 120 | observed |
| 1966 | 43 | 126 | observed |
| 1967 | 46 | 119 | observed |
| 1968 | 57 | 108 | observed |
| 1969 | 58 | 116 | observed |
| 1970 | 61 | 111 | observed |
| 1971 | 55 | 122 | observed |
| 1972 | 50 | 130 | observed |
| 1973 | 39 | 150 | observed |
| 1974 | 49 | 135 | observed |
| 1975 | 59 | 113 | observed |
| 1976 | 42 | 148 | observed |
| 1977 | 31 | 174 | observed |
| 1978 | 45 | 137 | observed |
| 1979 | 38 | 156 | observed |
| 1980 | 31 | 175 | observed |
| 1981 | 48 | 140 | observed |
| 1982 | 32 | 180 | observed |
| 1983 | 35 | 164 | observed |
| 1984 | 31 | 179 | observed |
| 1985 | 21 | 224 | observed |
| 1986 | 16 | 286 | observed |
| 1987 | 20 | 255 | observed |
| 1988 | 11 | 382 | observed |
| 1989 | 9 | 436 | observed |
| 1990 | 13 | 344 | observed |
| 1991 | 15 | 304 | observed |
| 1992 | 12 | 340 | observed |
| 1993 | 6 | 515 | observed |
| 1994 | 9 | 396 | observed |
| 1995 | 8 | 438 | observed |
| 1996 | 10 | 367 | observed |
| 1997 | 10 | 366 | observed |
| 1998 | 5 | 525 | observed |
| 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 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2015 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2016 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2017 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2018 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2019 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2020 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2021 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2022 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2023 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2024 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2025 | no value | no value | not covered |
Statistics count the spelling “Hildegunn” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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