Baby name
Marilda
/mah · REEL · dah/
Meaning
“Blend of Maria and Hilda”
Blend of Maria and Hilda, rooted in Germanic hild meaning battle; the combination gives it a distinctly mid-century Brazilian rural flavor.
How it ages.
Peaked in Brazil in the 1950s-60s, now firmly vintage territory.
The cultural moment.
Common in rural Brazil through the 1960s, rarely given today.