Hilma

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Female Name

Usage

Swedish
Finnish
Danish
Norwegian
Icelandic
Faroese

Origin and Meaning

1) Female form of Hilmar (see Hildemar) ^{[1] [2]}

2) German variant form of Helma ^{[1] [3] [4]}

3) German short form of Old High German combinations of the first name element HILD and any name element beginning with M, e.g. Hildemut ^[4]

4) German short form of Old High German names beginning with Himil- , e. g. Himildrud

Related Names

Hilbmá	♀
Hilma	♀

See also Hilmar

Name Days

Finland

21 November

Finland (Swedish Language)

21 November

Grammar

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Hilma
Accusative:	Hilmu
Dative:	Hilmu
Genitive:	Hilmu

- Faroese
Nominative:	Hilma
Accusative:	Hilmu
Dative:	Hilmu
Genitive:	Hilmu

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1815 ^[2]

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[5]		1433	3625	0	0
Denmark[6]		66	n.a.	0	n.a
Norway[7]		57	173	0	0
Finland[8]		n.a.	25268	n.a	6
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend^[5][6][7][8]:

Sources: ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

References

1. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
3. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
4. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
5. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
6. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
7. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
8. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi