Entry № 4270 · Old Norse origin

Hildur Hildur — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ HIL-door /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Old Norse
Meaning
"Battle (Icelandic Olympic + iconic composer)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Norse)

A name that means "battle (icelandic olympic + iconic composer)".

Hildur is from the Old Norse hildr (battle, warrior). Hildur in Icelandic tradition — one of the most-popular Icelandic feminine names of the modern era; appears throughout Old Norse mythology — Hildr is a Valkyrie of the Poetic Edda (the giver of the eternal battle, the Hjaðningavíg). Hildur Yeoman — Icelandic-American figure. Princess Hildur — Icelandic heritage naming.

and modern film music.

Battle (Old Norse).

The name in its native script.

Hildur
Transliteration
Hildur
Pronunciation
/ ˈhɪl.dʊər /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Hildur stands.

Hildur 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.

Hildurs before her.

Real people
Hildur Guðnadóttir
Iconic Icelandic Oscar-winning composer (Joker).
born 1982
In fiction
Hildr
Norse Valkyrie.

Names connected to Hildur.

The number behind Hildur.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Hildur reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.