Hulda

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Female Female Name

Usage

Old Norse Old Norse
Sweden Swedish
Finland Finnish
Norway Norwegian
Iceland Icelandic
Faroe Islands Faroese
Denmark Danish

Origin and Meaning

1) Old Norse hulda = 'hiding, secrecy' [1] [2] [3] [4]

2) Swedish huld = 'lovely, delightful' [3] (deriving from Old Norse hollr = 'faithful, loyal, gracious') [5] [6] [7]

3) Short form of Huldrika [3]

4) Hebrew hulda = 'weasel' [6] [7]

Related Names

     
Hulð ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Old Norse
Huld ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Icelandic Old Norse Swedish
Hulda ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Finnish Icelandic Norwegian Old Norse Swedish
Huldar ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Icelandic
Huldr ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Old Norse
Hulra ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Hulta ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Hulti ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Hultu ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Hultukka ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish

See also Ulla

Combinations

For combinations see HULD (name element)

Name Days

Norway Norway

7 July

Sweden Sweden

8 September

Grammar

Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Hulda
Accusative: Huldu
Dative: Huldu
Genitive: Huldu
Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Hulda
Accusative: Huldu
Dative: Huldu
Genitive: Huldu

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1813 (in modern times) [3]

Mythology

Hulda is the name of a giantess

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[8] Statimg f4.pngStatimg m0.png 743 2238 0 0
Norway Norway[9] Statimg f3.pngStatimg m0.png 99 325 0 0
Denmark Denmark[10] Statimg f3.pngStatimg m0.png 78 n.a. 0 n.a
Finland Finland[11] Statimg f4.pngStatimg m0.png n.a. 5963 0 0
  #: 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[8][10][9][11]:Name statistics for Hulda(f)


Norwegian historic statistics trend[9]:

Norwegian historic statistics for Hulda(f)


Sources: [8] [10] [9] [11]

References

  1. ↑ Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
  2. ↑ Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
  3. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  4. ↑ Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
  5. ↑ Elias Wessén: Våra ord (1997)
  6. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  7. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  8. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  9. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  10. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  11. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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