Entry № 1667 · Old Germanic origin

Brunhilde Brunhilde — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ BROON-hil-dah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Old Germanic
Meaning
"Armored battle-maiden (Valkyrie)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (Germanic)

A name that means "armored battle-maiden (valkyrie)".

Queen Brunhilda of Austrasia (c. 543-613) was the Frankish queen who ruled for 40 years.

The Valkyrie of Wagner's Ring.

The name in its native script.

Brunhilde
Transliteration
Brunhilde
Pronunciation
/ ˈbruːn.hɪl.də /
Root
Grammatical form

What Brunhilde is built from.

Brunhilde is a compound name. Its parts are hild — each an attested element with a recorded meaning of its own.

hild
Germanic
“battle”

Where Brunhilde stands.

Brunhilde does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Brunhildes before her.

Real people
Queen Brunhilda of Austrasia
Frankish queen.
c. 543 – 613
In fiction
Brünnhilde
Valkyrie in Wagner's Ring.
1876 opera

Names connected to Brunhilde.

The number behind Brunhilde.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Brunhilde reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.