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Walpurga - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Walpurga

[ syll. wal-pur-ga, wa-lpu-rga ] The girl name Walpurga is pronounced WaoLPERerGah KEY. Walpurga's origin is Germanic, and its use, German. Two-element name derived from wald + burg meaning 'to rule' + 'protection, fortress, castle' respectively. Forms of Walpurga include Walburga (German), Walburgis (German), Waldburg (German), and Walpurgis (German).

Walpurga is not frequently used as a baby girl name. It is listed outside of the top 1000.

Baby names that sound like Walpurga include Walburga (German) and Walpurgis (German).

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Walpurga: W as in "we (W.IY)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; P as in "pee (P.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)" ; G as in "green (G.R.IY.N)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


 
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