MEANING & HISTORY
What does Hilda mean?
Hilda preserves the Germanic name element hild, battle, found at the beginning or end of longer compounds. The English dictionary treats it as a short form, while Tagalog and Cebuano document borrowing through English.
The ending of Hilda does not supply another independent quality to add to battle. The name’s formation also differs from Hilario, despite their similar opening letters. A martial root can be explained as linguistic history without turning it into a prediction of aggression or a description of the bearer.
Pronunciation & syllables
Dictionary readings are kept by language. Select the reading that matches your intended pronunciation. Dots show the source’s written divisions; they are not a universal syllable count across languages.
Tagalog
- /ˈhilda/Standard-Tagalog
- [ˈhil.d̪ɐ]Standard-Tagalog
Hil · da2 source divisions
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from English Hilda.
a female given name from English
CebuanoEtymology & source
From English Hilda, from Germanic.
a female given name from English
EnglishEtymology & source
Short form of Germanic names beginning or ending in hild (“battle”).
A female given name from the Germanic languages used since Middle Ages.
SpanishEtymology & source
a female given name, equivalent to English Hilda
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Hilda
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Hilda Koronel
Filipino actress
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Hilda Montaire
Filipino writer
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
2
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
2
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Hilda Montaire, Hilda Koronel
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Hilda in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Hilda
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Gilda♀Payment or tribute; shortened from -gilda names
- Nilda·Short form of Germanic names containing battle
- Elda♀Battle, through the Hilda name family
- Hideo♂Excellent + man in the 秀夫 spelling
- Hilaria♀Cheerful
- Hillary♂♀Cheerful; from Hilarius or Hilaria
- Hiram·Exalted brother; also explained as high-born
- Hiraya·Imagination; a variant of haraya
What rhymes with Hilda?
Matches share a dictionary-supplied rhyme key in the stated language. Check the recorded reading; another language or accent can change the rhyme.
Explore Hilda further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q15303198 — Hilda (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Hilda Montaire (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q15303198 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Hilda Koronel (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q15303198 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Hilda (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Hilda (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Hilda (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Hilda (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.