Hildegard Forename
2,168th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 466,837 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Liechtenstein
Hildegard Forename Definition:
A female name. Old German Hildegard, compound of hildi ‘war’, ‘battle’ and gardi probably a derivative of gardan ‘to know’. St Hildegard, Abbess of Bingen (d. 1004), was much venerated, and her name has been used a good deal in Germany, and hence in modern times in the USA.
Read More About This ForenameHildegard Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 100% | 411,343 | 1:235 | 54 |
| Austria | 100% | 33,294 | 1:256 | 66 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 6,048 | 1:1,358 | 287 |
| United States | 100% | 5,740 | 1:63,160 | 3,277 |
| Brazil | 100% | 2,461 | 1:87,052 | 5,098 |
| Italy | 100% | 1,422 | 1:42,941 | 1,255 |
| South Africa | 100% | 994 | 1:54,862 | 5,491 |
| Belgium | 100% | 835 | 1:13,761 | 1,263 |
| England | 100% | 617 | 1:90,118 | 3,527 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 493 | 1:34,284 | 2,700 |
| Canada | 100% | 395 | 1:83,882 | 4,578 |
| Sweden | 100% | 330 | 1:29,872 | 1,856 |
| Namibia | - | 324 | 1:7,420 | 975 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 228 | 1:166 | 36 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 171 | 1:308,704 | 10,649 |
| Norway | 100% | 164 | 1:31,295 | 1,568 |
| Chile | 100% | 157 | 1:112,148 | 2,722 |
| Argentina | 100% | 151 | 1:283,267 | 2,863 |
| Czechia | 100% | 122 | 1:87,346 | 1,085 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 121 | 1:67,374 | 6,447 |
| Spain | 100% | 116 | 1:401,120 | 5,722 |
| Mexico | 97% | 102 | 1:1,217,102 | 9,026 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 99 | 1:73,099 | 2,200 |
| France | 100% | 94 | 1:707,131 | 6,497 |
| Israel | 100% | 82 | 1:102,475 | 4,403 |
| Venezuela | 98% | 82 | 1:368,316 | 10,881 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 74 | 1:140,963 | 6,526 |
| Hungary | 100% | 70 | 1:139,882 | 861 |
| Denmark | - | 58 | 1:97,405 | 2,836 |
| Philippines | 63% | 49 | 1:2,163,459 | 47,211 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 49 | 1:441,031 | 14,805 |
| Scotland | 100% | 41 | 1:130,497 | 2,774 |
| Portugal | - | 37 | 1:281,375 | 5,179 |
| Peru | 88% | 37 | 1:859,228 | 12,269 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 36 | 1:428,439 | 20,391 |
| Wales | 100% | 36 | 1:85,953 | 2,290 |
| Romania | - | 35 | 1:572,914 | 15,858 |
| Indonesia | - | 33 | 1:7,817,081 | 269,446 |
| Croatia | 100% | 30 | 1:140,569 | 2,926 |
| Ecuador | - | 29 | 1:611,273 | 5,978 |
| Estonia | 100% | 23 | 1:57,190 | 3,101 |
| Thailand | 98% | 23 | 1:3,046,340 | 70,930 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 21 | 1:163,221 | 3,346 |
| DR Congo | 50% | 21 | 1:3,515,600 | 73,131 |
| Serbia | 100% | 20 | 1:357,286 | 4,336 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 13 | 1:408,466 | 2,011 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 10 | 1:245,876 | 4,150 |
| Honduras | - | 9 | 1:979,719 | 11,190 |
| Finland | 100% | 8 | 1:685,398 | 7,121 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 7 | 1:681,135 | 8,843 |
| Australia | - | 7 | 1:1,951,089 | 17,897 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 5 | 1:112,810 | 2,667 |
| Turkey | 100% | 5 | 1:15,560,342 | 40,635 |
| Greece | 100% | 5 | 1:2,186,910 | 11,382 |
| Panama | - | 5 | 1:781,311 | 18,191 |
| Russia | 100% | 3 | 1:48,077,901 | 98,779 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 3 | 1:453,806 | 18,410 |
| Vietnam | - | 3 | 1:30,874,371 | 5,995 |
| Kenya | - | 3 | 1:15,435,703 | 51,312 |
| Colombia | - | 3 | 1:15,926,309 | 51,235 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 3 | 1:59,188,120 | 318,216 |
| Haiti | - | 3 | 1:3,575,651 | 30,510 |
| Jersey | 100% | 3 | 1:33,327 | 1,495 |
| Guatemala | - | 2 | 1:8,054,214 | 10,362 |
| Afghanistan | - | 2 | 1:16,311,758 | 48,279 |
| Hong Kong | - | 2 | 1:3,876,362 | 13,851 |
| Ireland | 100% | 2 | 1:2,321,760 | 8,894 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Pakistan | - | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| China | - | 1 | 1:1,366,055,782 | 109,249 |
| Uganda | 100% | 1 | 1:40,956,920 | 131,348 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Ghana | 100% | 1 | 1:26,986,216 | 13,521 |
| New Zealand | - | 1 | 1:4,536,044 | 17,392 |
| Monaco | 100% | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 1 | 1:30,449,940 | 373,101 |
| Singapore | - | 1 | 1:6,287,054 | 39,645 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
The alternate forms: Hildegárd (34), Híldegard (1), Hildegärd (1) & Hildégard (1) are calculated separately.
Hildegard (123) may also be a surname.
Hildegard Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. Old German Hildegard, compound of hildi ‘war’, ‘battle’ and gardi probably a derivative of gardan ‘to know’. St Hildegard, Abbess of Bingen (d. 1004), was much venerated, and her name has been used a good deal in Germany, and hence in modern times in the USA. It is very rarely used in England.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Hildegard Forename Popularity
Hildegard Demographics
Average Hildegard Salary in
United States
$41,082 USD
Per year
Rank:
236,667 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00193559
Rank: 2,813 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
94.38%
Sample size: 3,884 (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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