Baby name
REVIVING
🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇩🇪 Hildegard
/HIL · de · gard/
Meaning
“Power-filled spear maiden”
Power-filled spear maiden in Old German tradition
Nicknames
hilde · gardie
Vibe
strongelegant
How it ages.
Feels authentically vintage and will read as consciously retro in 20 years, not accidentally dated
The cultural moment.
Rare in English-speaking countries; sees modest revival in Germany as a heritage name