Walburga

German
"strong protection"

Walburga Origin and Meaning

The name Walburga is a girl's name of German origin meaning "strong protection".

An ancient saint's name belonging to an 8th century English missionary. Variants include Walpurga and Walpurgis.

Famous People Named Walburga

  • Saint WalburgaEnglish missionary to the Frankish Empire
  • Walburga "Wally" Neuzilmodel of the painter Egon Schiele
  • Walburga Ehrengarde HelenaLady Paget, friend of Britain's Queen Victoria
  • Walburga Habsburg DouglasCountess Douglas, German,Swedish politician
  • Walburga "Dolly" OesterreichAmerican housewife famous for her affair with Otto Sanhuber; subject of film "The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom"
  • Walburga FrickeGerman politician
  • WalburgaBaroness of Hirschberg, Princess Albrecht of Schaumberg,Lippe
  • Walburga or WalpurgisPrincess of Saarwerden, daughter of Prince Frederick IV of Moers; wife of James of Lichtenberg
  • Walburga Stemmermistress of German General Erwin Rommel and mother of his child
  • Maria Theresa Walburga Amalia ChristinaQueen of Germany; Holy Roman Empress
  • Maria Anna Walburga Ignatia "Nannerl" Mozartsister of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Ildikó Mária WalburgaArchduchess of Austria; daughter of Duchess Eilika of Oldenburg and Archduke Georg of Austria

Walburga in Pop Culture

  • Walburga Blackharpy character in the "Harry Potter" series
  • "Valperga" 1823 historical novel by Mary Shelley