Hildegard

Where Hildegard comes from

Borrowed from German Hildegard in the 19th century; ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *Hildigardu.
— Wiktionary's entry for Hildegard
  • German
Along the way
  1. 1888
    First appearance
    #1,136 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1906
    Peak, #611
    34 babies named Hildegard — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1908
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,135.
  4. 1925
    Hildegard Knef born
    German actress, singer and writer
  5. 1949
    Hildegard Falck born
    German middle distance runner
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from German.
Namesakes
  • Hildegard Knef · German actress, singer and writer, 1925–2002
  • Hildegard Falck · German middle distance runner, born 1949
  • Hildegard Behrens · German operatic soprano, 1937–2009
  • Hildegard Lächert · Nazi concentration camp guard, 1920–1995
  • Hildegard Peplau · American nurse and nursing theorist, 1909–1999

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.