Hildegarde

HILL-deh-gard
French from German
"comrade in arms"

Hildegarde Origin and Meaning

The name Hildegarde is a girl's name of German origin meaning "comrade in arms".

French form of Hildegard

# 986 in the US

Hildegarde Rank in US Top 1000

Famous People Named Hildegarde

  • Hildegard Von Bingen
    influential medieval abbess, writer, composer, philosopher, Christian mystic, visionary, and polymath
  • Hildegarde Loretta Sell
    American cabaret singer
  • (June) Hildegarde Flanner
    American poet and activist
  • Hildegarde Naughton
    Irish Senator
  • Hildegarde Neil
    English actress
  • Hildegarde Swift
    American children's novelist
  • Hildegarde Dolson Lockridge
    American novelist
  • Hildegarde Howard
    American paleornithologist
  • Hildegarde of Burgundy
    Duchess of Gascony and Aquitaine as wife of William VIII, Duke of Aquitaine

Hildegarde in Pop Culture

  • Hildegarde
    character in "The South Wind of Love" by Compton Mackenzie
  • Hildegarde
    female alter ego on TV's "Bosom Buddies"
  • Princess Hildegarde
    character on animated series "Sofia the First"
  • Mother Hildegarde de Gascogne
    character in Diana Gabaldon's "Outlander" series