Hilde (given name)

Hilde is one of several female given names derived from the name Hild formed from Old Norse hildr, meaning "battle". Hild, a Nordic-German Bellona, was a Valkyrie who conveyed fallen warriors to Valhalla. Warfare was often called Hild's Game. Hilde was popular in Norway from the 1950s until the 1970s. It is a variant of Hilda, which in turn is a more recent variation of Hildur.


 * Hilde Benjamin (1902–1989), East German judge who presided over political show trials
 * Hilde Bergebakken (born 1963), Norwegian Socialist Left Party politician
 * Hilde De Baerdemaeker (born 1978), Flemish actress
 * Hilde Bruch (1904–1984), German-born American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst
 * Hilde Coppi (1909–1943), German communist and anti-Nazi resistance fighter
 * Hilde Crevits (born 1967), Belgian politician
 * Hilde Domin (1909–2006), German lyric poet and writer
 * Hilde Gerg (born 1975), German former alpine skier
 * Hilde Güden (1917–1988), Austrian operatic soprano
 * Hilde Hagerup (born 1976), Norwegian novelist and children author
 * Hilde Haugsgjerd (born 1952), Norwegian newspaper editor
 * Hilde Heynen (born 1959), Belgian professor of architectural theory
 * Hilde Hildebrand (1897–1976), German actress
 * Hilde Himmelweit (1918–1989), German social psychologist
 * Hilde Holger (1905–2001), Austrian dancer, choreographer and dance teacher
 * Hilde Holovsky (died 1933), Austrian figure skater
 * Hilda Mary Hooke (1898–1978), Canadian writer
 * Hilde Houben-Bertrand (born 1940), Belgian Flemish politician and former provincial governor of Limburg
 * Hilde Hovdenak (born 1971), Norwegian retired long-distance runner
 * Hilde Hummelvoll (born 1960), Norwegian television personality
 * Hilde Indreberg (born 1957), Norwegian judge
 * Hilde Frafjord Johnson (born 1963), Norwegian Christian Democratic Party politician
 * Hilde Konetzni (1905–1980), Austrian operatic soprano
 * Hilde Körber (1906–1969), German film actress
 * Hilde Krahl (1917–1999), Austrian film actress
 * Hilde Lauer (born 1943), Romanian Olympic sprint canoer
 * Hilde Lindemann, American philosophy professor and bioethicist
 * Hilde Lyrån (born 1963), Norwegian actress, dancer, and comedian
 * Hilde Lysiak (born 2006), American journalist
 * Hilde Magnusson Lydvo (born 1970), Norwegian politician
 * Hilde Mangold (1898–1924), German embryologist
 * Hilde Marstrander (born 1969), Norwegian fashion journalist and illustrator
 * Hilde Meisel (1914–1945), Jewish German socialist, journalist and anti-Nazi resistance member
 * Hilde Østbø (born 1974), Norwegian Olympic handball player
 * Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen (born 1964)
 * Hilde Quintens (born 1964), Belgian cyclist
 * Hilde Riis (born 1959), Norwegian Olympic cross-country skier
 * Hilde Sandvik (born 1970), Norwegian journalist
 * Hilde Schrader (1910–1966), German Olympic swimmer
 * Hilde Schramm (born 1936), daughter of German architect and war criminal Albert Speer
 * Hilde Schutte (born 1996), Dutch undefeated kickboxer with long legs
 * Hilde Sherman (1923–2011), German Holocaust survivor and memoirist.
 * Hilde Singsaas (born 1972), Norwegian Labour Party politician
 * Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling (1908–1981), German tennis player
 * Hilde Strømsvold (born 1967), Norwegian football goalkeeper
 * Hilde Synnøve Lid (born 1971), Norwegian Olympic freestyle skier
 * Hilde Teerlinck (born 1966), Belgian curator
 * Hilde Tellesbø (born 1963), Norwegian orienteering competitor
 * Hilde Urbaniak (fl. late 1950s), West German slalom canoeist
 * Hilde Vogt (born 1945), Norwegian politician
 * Hilde Waage (born 1959), Norwegian historian
 * Hilde Weissner (1909–1987), German actress
 * Hilde Zach (1942–2011), mayor of Innsbruck, Austria
 * Hilde Zadek (1917–2019), German operatic soprano
 * Hilde Zaloscer (1903–1999), Austrian art historian, Egyptologist, Coptologist, essayist and novelist
 * Hilde Ziegler (1939–1999), German actress
 * Hilde Zimmermann (1920–2002), Austrian resistance fighter against Nazism and survivor of the KZ Ravensbrück