Hildegard is a
female name derived from the
Old High Germanhild ('war' or 'battle') and gard ('enclosure' or 'yard'), and means 'battle enclosure'.[1][2] Variant spellings include: Hildegarde; the
Polish,
Portuguese,
Slovene and
SpanishHildegarda; the
ItalianIldegarda; the
HungarianHildegárd; and the ancient
GermanHildegardis.[3]
^Patrick Hanks; Kate Hardcastle; Flavia Hodges (2006).
A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. pp. 224–.
ISBN978-0-19-861060-1. Hildegard From an old Germanic female personal name composed of hild 'battle' + gard 'enclosure'.
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Hildegard is a
female name derived from the
Old High Germanhild ('war' or 'battle') and gard ('enclosure' or 'yard'), and means 'battle enclosure'.[1][2] Variant spellings include: Hildegarde; the
Polish,
Portuguese,
Slovene and
SpanishHildegarda; the
ItalianIldegarda; the
HungarianHildegárd; and the ancient
GermanHildegardis.[3]
^Patrick Hanks; Kate Hardcastle; Flavia Hodges (2006).
A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. pp. 224–.
ISBN978-0-19-861060-1. Hildegard From an old Germanic female personal name composed of hild 'battle' + gard 'enclosure'.
This page or section lists people that share the same
given name. If an
internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.