Entry № 11529 · Latin origin

Wilgefortis Wilgefortis — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ wil-jeh-FOR-tis /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Latin
Meaning
"Strong virgin (bearded female saint)"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Medieval (Latin)

A name that means "strong virgin (bearded female saint)".

Wilgefortis is from the Latin virgo fortis ("strong virgin"). Her father had her crucified in fury.

Also called Liberata (Italy), Kümmernis (German), Uncumber (English).

Strong virgin (bearded female saint) — a Latin name.

The name in its native script.

Wilgefortis
Transliteration
Wilgefortis
Pronunciation
/ ˌwɪl.dʒəˈfɔːr.tɪs /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Wilgefortis stands.

Wilgefortis 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.

Wilgefortiss before her.

Real people
Saint Wilgefortis
Medieval bearded female saint.
In fiction
Wilgefortis
Medieval European hagiography.

Names connected to Wilgefortis.

The number behind Wilgefortis.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Wilgefortis reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.