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Kriemhild - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Kriemhild

[ syll. kriem-hil(d), kr-iemhi-ld ] The girl name Kriemhild is pronounced as KRAY-MHHIHLD KEY. Kriemhild is largely used in German and its origin is Germanic. Kriemhild's meaning is battle mask. Two-element name derived from the elements 'grima' which means mask, helmet ; 'hild' which means battle, fight. Known from the Kriemhild, wife of Siegfried in the 'Nibelungen' saga Kriemhilde (German), Krimhild (German), and Krimhilde (German) are variants of Kriemhild.

Kriemhild is not popular as a baby name for girls. It is not listed within the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Kriemhild include Kriemhilde (German), Krimhild (German), Krimhilde (German), Carmaletta (English), Carmalit (English), Carmelit (English), Carmalita (English), Carmelita (Italian and Spanish), and Carmelitha (English).

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Kriemhild: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AY as in "hide (HH.AY.D)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)"


 
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