Hulda
See also: hulda
Danish
Etymology
The name occurs in the Bible, but in Scandinavia it became popular through a 19th century ballad, and is usually associated with the adjective huld (“gentle, graceful”), cognate to German hold.
Proper noun
Hulda
- Huldah (biblical figure)
- a female given name popular in the 19th century
Faroese
Proper noun
Hulda f
- a female given name
Usage notes
Matronymics
- son of Hulda: Hulduson
- daughter of Huldu: Huldudóttir
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| indefinite | |
| nominative | Hulda |
| accusative | Huldu |
| dative | Huldu |
| genitive | Huldu |
Finnish
Etymology
Of Biblical Hebrew origin, and from Swedish Hulda.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhuldɑ/, [ˈhuldɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -uldɑ
- Syllabification(key): Hul‧da
- Hyphenation(key): Hul‧da
Proper noun
Hulda
- Huldah (biblical figure)
- 1642, The Holy Bible, 2 Chronicles 34:22:
- NIin Hilkia meni nijden cansa/ jotca Cuningalda lähetetyt olit/ Prophetissan Huldan Sallumin Takehathin Hasran pojanpojan waatetten kätkiän emännän tygö/ joca asui toisella puolella Jerusalemis/ ja puhui sencaltaisia hänen cansans.
- And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college:) and they spake to her to that effect.
- a female given name popular in the 19th century
- 1894, Teuvo Pakkala, Kaksi viatonta päivää, SKS (1995), →ISBN, page 173:
- ―Sanoi Aappo nimenkin, vaan...olkaapas vaiti...ei se tainnut Hilta olla, vaan h:n päältä se oli.
―Kenen tyttäriä?
―No Montinin...
―Montinin Hulda! sanoi Elsa kiihkeästi ja enemmän itselleen kuin muille.- ―Aappo did say a name, it was...let me think...I don't think it was Hilta, something starting with an H.
―Whose daughters?
―Montini's...
―Montini's Hulda! Elsa said in a frenzy, more to herself than to anyone else.
- ―Aappo did say a name, it was...let me think...I don't think it was Hilta, something starting with an H.
Declension
| Inflection of Hulda (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | Hulda | Huldat | |
| genitive | Huldan | Huldien | |
| partitive | Huldaa | Huldia | |
| illative | Huldaan | Huldiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Hulda | Huldat | |
| accusative | nom. | Hulda | Huldat |
| gen. | Huldan | ||
| genitive | Huldan | Huldien Huldain rare | |
| partitive | Huldaa | Huldia | |
| inessive | Huldassa | Huldissa | |
| elative | Huldasta | Huldista | |
| illative | Huldaan | Huldiin | |
| adessive | Huldalla | Huldilla | |
| ablative | Huldalta | Huldilta | |
| allative | Huldalle | Huldille | |
| essive | Huldana | Huldina | |
| translative | Huldaksi | Huldiksi | |
| abessive | Huldatta | Hulditta | |
| instructive | — | Huldin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Statistics
- Hulda is the 721st most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 315 female individuals (and as a middle name to 231 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
German
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Hulda
- Huldah (biblical figure)
- a female given name, popular in the 19th century
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse Hulda (“secrecy, hiding”), see hulda.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhʏlta/
- Rhymes: -ʏlta
- Homophone: hulda
Proper noun
Hulda f (proper noun, genitive singular Huldu)
- a female given name
Declension
| indefinite singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Hulda |
| accusative | Huldu |
| dative | Huldu |
| genitive | Huldu |
Norwegian
Proper noun
Hulda
- Huldah (biblical figure)
- a female given name popular in the 19th century
Swedish
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Hulda c (genitive Huldas)
- Huldah (biblical figure)
- a female given name popular in the 19th century