Hildegarde
A girls’ name of Germanic origin, meaning battle fortress, warrior stronghold.
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among names in use
US popularity
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outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Hildegarde by the numbers
Its American peak was 124 babies in 1915, making it a 1910s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Hildegarde. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Hildegardbattle fortress; a form of Hildegarde6 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a warrior
Like Hildegarde, 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 Hildegarde
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