Hilde Forename
5,130th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 203,273 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Norway
Hilde Forename Definition:
A female name. Old English Hild, probably a hypocoristic form of one of the names compounded with hild ‘war’, ‘battle’. St Hild, foundress and Abbess of Whitby (614-80), was much venerated in the Old English period and later. Hilde, Hylde (Latin Hilda) is found as a christian name until the end of the 13th C, and never died out in the neighbourhood of Whitby.
Read More About This ForenameHilde Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 100% | 107,427 | 1:900 | 210 |
| Belgium | 100% | 32,966 | 1:349 | 61 |
| Norway | 100% | 23,571 | 1:218 | 32 |
| Austria | 100% | 13,859 | 1:614 | 144 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 11,880 | 1:1,423 | 295 |
| United States | 100% | 3,133 | 1:115,716 | 4,910 |
| Namibia | - | 2,362 | 1:1,018 | 212 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 1,215 | 1:6,760 | 821 |
| Brazil | 100% | 567 | 1:377,842 | 13,613 |
| Colombia | 83% | 472 | 1:101,227 | 3,283 |
| Italy | 100% | 463 | 1:131,884 | 2,206 |
| Indonesia | 50% | 424 | 1:608,405 | 43,410 |
| Sweden | 100% | 417 | 1:23,640 | 1,563 |
| South Africa | 99% | 399 | 1:136,673 | 9,961 |
| Peru | 94% | 393 | 1:80,894 | 3,210 |
| Venezuela | 99% | 364 | 1:82,972 | 4,019 |
| DR Congo | 94% | 342 | 1:215,870 | 9,308 |
| Canada | 100% | 336 | 1:98,611 | 5,043 |
| Denmark | - | 268 | 1:21,080 | 1,220 |
| Mexico | 54% | 247 | 1:502,609 | 5,632 |
| England | 100% | 222 | 1:250,464 | 6,775 |
| France | 100% | 215 | 1:309,164 | 4,171 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 152 | 1:142,174 | 6,672 |
| Argentina | 73% | 151 | 1:283,267 | 2,863 |
| Palestine | 100% | 124 | 1:36,694 | 1,346 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 121 | 1:436,267 | 13,108 |
| Philippines | 51% | 98 | 1:1,081,729 | 28,817 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 88 | 1:92,640 | 8,562 |
| Jordan | 100% | 77 | 1:114,633 | 2,155 |
| Thailand | 100% | 72 | 1:973,136 | 35,929 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 70 | 1:80,394 | 2,926 |
| Spain | 100% | 64 | 1:727,031 | 7,550 |
| Chile | 63% | 52 | 1:338,600 | 4,883 |
| New Zealand | - | 50 | 1:90,721 | 4,056 |
| Estonia | 100% | 46 | 1:28,595 | 2,108 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 43 | 1:242,588 | 9,234 |
| Paraguay | 78% | 41 | 1:176,507 | 3,100 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 37 | 1:15,245 | 1,061 |
| Australia | - | 35 | 1:390,218 | 6,978 |
| Romania | 100% | 35 | 1:572,914 | 15,858 |
| Finland | 100% | 27 | 1:203,081 | 3,450 |
| Honduras | 100% | 25 | 1:352,699 | 6,316 |
| Iraq | 100% | 24 | 1:1,459,077 | 10,051 |
| Nicaragua | 90% | 21 | 1:286,587 | 6,256 |
| Qatar | 100% | 15 | 1:157,974 | 16,771 |
| Panama | 100% | 13 | 1:300,504 | 9,934 |
| Scotland | 100% | 13 | 1:411,567 | 5,527 |
| Turkey | 100% | 13 | 1:5,984,747 | 24,872 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 13 | 1:263,664 | 4,255 |
| Guatemala | 67% | 11 | 1:1,464,403 | 5,160 |
| Ecuador | - | 10 | 1:1,772,692 | 10,604 |
| El Salvador | - | 9 | 1:704,643 | 5,397 |
| Poland | - | 9 | 1:4,225,235 | 4,388 |
| China | - | 8 | 1:170,756,973 | 72,230 |
| Czechia | - | 8 | 1:1,332,020 | 3,968 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 8 | 1:4,732 | 469 |
| Singapore | 100% | 8 | 1:785,882 | 13,409 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 8 | 1:893,999 | 27,106 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 7 | 1:3,395,669 | 64,613 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 7 | 1:2,203,402 | 59,073 |
| Bolivia | - | 5 | 1:2,120,281 | 4,345 |
| Costa Rica | 60% | 5 | 1:953,590 | 10,779 |
| Bermuda | - | 4 | 1:16,206 | 1,525 |
| Burundi | - | 4 | 1:2,476,640 | 1,357 |
| Congo | 100% | 4 | 1:1,252,301 | 19,043 |
| Cuba | - | 4 | 1:2,876,638 | 6,272 |
| Malaysia | 50% | 4 | 1:7,612,485 | 167,458 |
| Monaco | - | 4 | 1:9,616 | 1,312 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 4 | 1:47,999 | 3,228 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 4 | 1:1,327,516 | 4,597 |
| Suriname | - | 4 | 1:138,203 | 2,927 |
| Ireland | 100% | 3 | 1:1,547,840 | 7,573 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 3 | 1:2,330,130 | 16,302 |
| Croatia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,405,692 | 11,430 |
| Hong Kong | - | 3 | 1:2,584,242 | 11,307 |
| Jersey | - | 3 | 1:33,327 | 1,495 |
| Senegal | 100% | 3 | 1:4,860,452 | 20,187 |
| Wales | 100% | 3 | 1:1,031,436 | 10,092 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 2 | 1:9,189,734 | 69,235 |
| Cyprus | - | 2 | 1:435,538 | 3,859 |
| Hungary | 100% | 2 | 1:4,895,886 | 4,852 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| India | - | 2 | 1:607,438,986 | 4,324,298 |
| Kenya | - | 2 | 1:23,153,555 | 56,680 |
| Oman | - | 2 | 1:2,054,334 | 8,531 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2 | 1:1,775,150 | 6,781 |
| Russia | - | 2 | 1:72,116,852 | 125,484 |
| Yemen | - | 2 | 1:13,148,376 | 10,677 |
| Afghanistan | - | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Egypt | - | 1 | 1:91,900,946 | 53,283 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Israel | - | 1 | 1:8,402,918 | 45,019 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Japan | - | 1 | 1:127,986,057 | 94,066 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Malawi | - | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Pakistan | - | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Serbia | 100% | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Zambia | - | 1 | 1:15,854,794 | 66,637 |
The alternate forms: Hildé (7) are calculated separately.
Hilde (1,537) may also be a surname.
Hilde Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. Old English Hild, probably a hypocoristic form of one of the names compounded with hild ‘war’, ‘battle’. St Hild, foundress and Abbess of Whitby (614-80), was much venerated in the Old English period and later. Hilde, Hylde (Latin Hilda) is found as a christian name until the end of the 13th C, and never died out in the neighbourhood of Whitby. The general use of the name was revived, like that of other names of Old English saints, by the Tractarians in the 19th C.
Hilde Curia Regis Rolls 1201, 1203, 1210, Hundred Rolls 1273. Hillda Hundred Rolls 1273. Hylde Werburge 1513.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Hilde Forename Popularity
Hilde Demographics
Average Hilde Salary in
United States
$43,333 USD
Per year
Rank:
206,644 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.000982467
Rank: 4,433 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
99.55%
Sample size: 1,869 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
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