Meaning of the nameHilda

Hilda is a spelling of the name Ilda, which means “form of Hilda, from the Germanic element hild, 'battle, combat'”.

Meaning

“form of Hilda, from the Germanic element hild, 'battle, combat'”

Meaning of the name Ilda, of which Hilda is a spelling.

Source: Behind the Name: Hilda · Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Ilda

People (2022): 37,896
Rank in Brazil: #695
Median age: 66 years
2010 Census: 46,403; people

Hilda in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Hilda, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (9,482 people).

37,717 women 179 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Hilda is most common

States with the highest share of people named Hilda in the population, in the 2022 Census.

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	9,030	0.020%
Minas Gerais	4,351	0.021%
Bahia	3,751	0.027%
Rio de Janeiro	3,267	0.020%
Paraná	2,841	0.025%
Rio Grande do Sul	2,425	0.022%
Santa Catarina	1,762	0.023%
Pernambuco	1,368	0.015%
Goiás	1,304	0.019%
Pará	917	0.011%
Ceará	790	0.009%
Maranhão	717	0.011%
Espírito Santo	700	0.018%
Piauí	622	0.019%
Mato Grosso do Sul	586	0.021%
Paraíba	526	0.013%
Distrito Federal	493	0.018%
Mato Grosso	486	0.013%
Amazonas	421	0.011%
Alagoas	343	0.011%
Rio Grande do Norte	303	0.009%
Rondônia	262	0.017%
Sergipe	222	0.010%
Tocantins	205	0.014%
Roraima	80	0.013%
Acre	70	0.008%
Amapá	54	0.007%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

The spelling Hilda

It keeps the h of the Germanic element; Wiktionary records it in Portuguese as a borrowing from the German Hilda.

About the name Ilda

Behind the Name explains Hilda as a short form of names containing the Germanic element hildi (hild in Old English), 'battle', and lists Ilda as a Portuguese form. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) quotes José Pedro Machado: the name comes from the Germanic hild-, 'combat', which would justify the initial h-, but usage rejected it. Machado supposes that the name became widespread through ecclesiastical influence, above all through devotion to Saint Ilda. Almost always feminine, Ilda is concentrated among older generations. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 51,947 people named Ilda, with a median age of 66; proportionally, it is most common in Paraná.

Other spellings of Ilda

Spelling	People (2022)
Ilda	51,947
Hilda	37,896

Sources

Behind the Name: Hilda · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Ilda · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
Wiktionary: Hilda · en.wiktionary.org · origin

Questions about the name Hilda

What does the name Hilda mean?

Hilda means “form of Hilda, from the Germanic element hild, 'battle, combat'”, according to Behind the Name and Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil. This is the meaning of the name Ilda, of which Hilda is a spelling.

How many people are named Hilda in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 37,896 people with the first name Hilda, which ranks it number 695 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

Is Hilda a boy's or a girl's name?

Hilda is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 37,717 women and 179 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Hilda?

Hilda is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Hilda most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.027% of the state's population is named Hilda (3,751 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Hilda?

Ilda. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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