Hildegard - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Hildegard \hi-ldega-rd, hil-de-gard\ is a variant of Hildegarde (Old German), and the meaning of Hildegard is "battle stronghold".

The baby name Hildegard sounds like Hildegaard and Hildagard. Other similar baby names are Hildagarde, Hildemar and Hildemarr.

Hildegard is a very common first name for women (#1337 out of 4276) but an uncommon last name for both men and women. (1990 U.S. Census)

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