Hildegard
A girls’ name of Old German origin, meaning battle fortress; a form of Hildegarde.
Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Hildegard by the numbers
Hildegard was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 81 babies in 1915, so it is a 1910s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Hildegard. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Hildegardebattle fortress, warrior stronghold
Other names that mean a warrior
Like Hildegard, each of these has a warrior in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Rydermounted warrior, cavalry soldier3,324 in the US (2017)
- Finleyfair-haired warrior1,733 in England and Wales (2025)
- Matildamighty in battle1,449 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sloanewarrior, raider; from Sloan1,405 in the US (2017)
- Maeveshe who intoxicates; a warrior queen1,330 in England and Wales (2025)
- Harlowrocky hill or army hill832 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Hildegard
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