Hilding is a boy's name of Scandinavian origin meaning “ruler, war chief.” It is a rare choice in US records.
Hilding belongs to the Scandinavian tradition. Its meaning — “ruler, war chief” — is the sense carried by its Scandinavian roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Hilding first appears in Social Security records in 1892. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1069 in 1902, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 191 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Hilding means “ruler, war chief” in its Scandinavian roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Hilding is a boy name.
Hilding comes from the Scandinavian tradition.
Hilding first appears in US records in 1892. Its best-ever ranking was #1069 in 1902, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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