Hilma is a female given name that was in occasional use at the turn of the 20th century. The name was made popular by the German poet

Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (; 2 July 1724 – 14 March 1803) was a German poet. His best known work is the epic poem ''Der Messias'' ("The Messiah"). One of his major contributions to German literature was to open it up to exploration outside ...

. The name was used in early 19th century Scandinavian literature, probably as a variant of Wilhelmina. It can also be a variant of the male name Hilmar or Hilmer.

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* Hilma Angered Strandberg (1855–1927), Swedish writer *

Hilma Caldeira Hilma Aparecida Caldeira (born January 5, 1972) is a retired volleyball player from Brazil who competed with the Brazil women's national volleyball team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There she claimed the bronze medal with ...

(born 1972), Brazilian volleyball player * Hilma Contreras (1913–2006), Dominican writer *

Hilma Granqvist Hilma Natalia Granqvist (17 July 1890 Sipoo – 25 February 1972 Helsinki) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish anthropologist who conducted long field studies of Palestinians. She was a student of Edvard Westermarck. Studies In the 1920s Granqvist ...

(1890–1972), Finnish anthropologist * Hilma Gabriella Jahnsson (1882–1975), Finnish lawyer *

Hilma af Klint Hilma af Klint (; 26 October 1862 – 21 October 1944) was a Swedish artist and mystic whose paintings are considered among the first abstract works known in Western art history. A considerable body of her work predates the first purely abstra ...

(1862–1944), Swedish artist and mystic * Hilma Räsänen (1877–1955), Finnish educator and politician * Hilma Swedahl (1870–1965), Swedish gold prospector * Hilma Valjakka (1881–1934), Finnish politician *

Hilma Wolitzer Hilma Wolitzer (born 1930) is an American novelist. Career Wolitzer's first novel for adults, ''Ending'', was published in 1974. In his review of the novel, lead ''New York Times'' critic Anatole Broyard wrote, “After finishing Wolitzer’s b ...

, (born 1930) American novelist

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