Hild

Hild (plural Hilds)

1. A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hild is the 16228^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1779 individuals. Hild is most common among White (92.19%) individuals.

• LDHI

First attested as hilt in 1391. Derived from Middle Dutch hilt (“hill”).

• IPA^(key): /ɦɪlt/
• Hyphenation: Hild
• Rhymes: -ɪlt

Hild n

1. a hamlet in Oisterwijk, North Brabant, Netherlands

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

From the common noun hild.

• IPA^(key): /xild/, [hiɫd]

Hild f

1. a female given name
   • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

     ⁊ þȳ ilcan ġēare forþferde Hild abbodesse on Strēonesheale.

     And in the same year Abbess Hild died in Whitby.

• Elizabeth Okasha (2011) Women's Names in Old English, London, England: Routledge, page 40