HILL-duh-gard; HILL-duh-gahrt
Hildegard
About Hildegard
Hildegard is an ancient name that sounds it, but it does have sweet short forms Hildie and Hilda to recommend it, as well as several illustrious historical bearers. Strong and striking, it would make a big and memorable name for a baby today, last having appeared in the US charts in the 1910s.
The second wife of Charlemagne was named Hildegard, as was the 12th century saint Hildegard of Bingen: a writer, composer, philosopher and polymath considered the founder of scientific natural history in Germany, and also known as the "Sibyl of the Rhine" for her visionary works.
In pop culture, Hildegard "Hildy" is a character in the 1940 film His Girl Friday, and the Hildegarde spelling belongs to a Valkyrie in the Marvel series of comics, as well as one of the magical aunts from the TV show Sabrina the Teenage Witch (nicknamed Hilda).
Pronounced HILL-duh-gard; HILL-duh-gahrt.
As of October 2026, Hildegard ranked #7627 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #617 in 1906.
Editor's take: The name Hildegard is a girl's name of German origin meaning "comrade in arms; battle enclosure, battle ground".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Famous Hildegards
- Saint Hildegard of Bingen
medieval German mystic
- Hildegard of the Vinzgau
second wife of Charlemagne
- Hildegard Frieda Albertine Knef
German actress
- Hildegard Westerkamp
Canadian composer
- Hildegard Hamm
Brücher, German politician
Hildegard in pop culture
- Hildegard von Krone
character in the Soul Calibur video games
- Hildegard Hamhocker
character in comic strip "Tumbleweed" by T. K. Ryan
- Hildegard "Hilda" Spellman
character in the Sabrina, the Teenage Witch series
- Princess Hildegard
character from Disney Junior's "Sofia the First"
- Hildegard Johnson
character in "Phineas and Ferb"