Hildur is a girl's name of Scandinavian origin meaning “battle.” It is a rare choice in US records.
Hildur at a glance
Gender
Girl name
Origin
Scandinavian
Meaning
“battle”
Pronunciation
/ˈhɪltʊɹ/
About the name Hildur
Hildur belongs to the Scandinavian tradition. Its meaning — “battle” — 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, Hildur first appears in Social Security records in 1885. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #542 in 1895, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 718 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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