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 [ 3 syll. hil-de-gar(d), hi-ldega-rd ] The girl name Hildegard is pronounced as HHIHLDahGAARD KEY. Hildegard is mainly used in German and it is of Germanic origin. Hildegard's meaning is comrade in arms. Two-element name derived from the elements 'hild' which means battle, fight ; 'gard' which means fence, enclosure, protection. The name was borne by the second wife (758-783) of Charlemagne, as well as Saint Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179), a German abbess and writer. In the USA, the name has been adopted in an irregular scale by English speakers with German connections. The Italian name Elda and the Hungarian name Ildiko are variations of the name. The short forms Hilda (English and German) and Hilde (German), the pet form Heidi (Dutch, English, German, Scandinavian, and Spanish), and the spelling variant Hildegarde (English and German) are other forms of Hildegard. Hildegard is unusual as a baby name for girls. Its usage peaked modestly in 1906 with 0.011% of baby girls being named Hildegard. It ranked at #618 then. The baby name has since experienced a substantial fall in frequency, and is today of irregular use. In 2008, among the group of girl names directly related to Hildegard, the Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Scandinavian, and Spanish Heidi was the most widely used. A baby name that sounds like Hildegard is the English and German name Hildegarde. A famous person named Hildegard is Catholic Nun Hildegard von Bingen, born 1098, Nahe, Germany. KEY: English pronunciation for Hildegard: HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; G as in "green (G.R.IY.N)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)"   |
