Hulda is a girl's name of Hebrew and Biblical origin meaning “gentle, graceful.” It is a rare choice in US records.
Hulda at a glance
Gender
Girl name
Origin
Biblical & Christian · Scandinavian
Meaning
“gentle, graceful”
About the name Hulda
Hulda belongs to the Biblical & Christian and Scandinavian tradition. Its meaning — “gentle, graceful” — is the sense carried by its Hebrew and Biblical roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Hulda first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #171 in 1885, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 5,407 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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