Hildegard is a

female An organism's sex is female ( symbol: ♀) if it produces the ovum (egg cell), the type of gamete (sex cell) that fuses with the male gamete (sperm cell) during sexual reproduction. A female has larger gametes than a male. Females and ...

name derived from the

Old High German Old High German (OHG; ) is the earliest stage of the German language, conventionally identified as the period from around 500/750 to 1050. Rather than representing a single supra-regional form of German, Old High German encompasses the numerous ...

''hild'' ('war' or 'battle') and ''gard'' ('enclosure' or 'yard'), and means 'battle enclosure'. Variant spellings include: Hildegarde; the

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Polish people, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken * Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin ...

, Portuguese, Slovene and

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas **Spanish cuisine **Spanish history **Spanish culture ...

Hildegarda; the

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance languag ...

Ildegarda; the Hungarian Hildegárd; and the ancient

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...

Hildegardis.

Notable people with the name

* Hildegard (music duo), 2021 electronic music project by Canadian musicians

Helena Deland Helena Deland McCullagh is a Canadian singer-songwriter. To date she has released five EPs: ''Drawing Room'' (2016) and ''From the Series of Songs "Altogether Unaccompanied"'' Vol. I, II, III & IV (2018) that she has written and composed. Her fi ...

and Ouri *

Princess Hildegard of Bavaria Princess Hildegard of Bavaria (German language, German: ''Hildegard Luise Charlotte Theresia Friederike von Bayern''; 10 June 1825 – 2 April 1864) was the seventh child and fourth daughter of Ludwig I, King of Bavaria, Ludwig I of Bavaria and T ...

(1825-1864), Bavarian royal *

Hildegard of Bingen Hildegard of Bingen Benedictines, OSB (, ; ; 17 September 1179), also known as the Sibyl of the Rhine, was a German Benedictines, Benedictine abbess and polymath active as a writer, composer, philosopher, Christian mysticism, mystic, visiona ...

(1098–1179), Christian saint *

Hildegarde of Burgundy Hildegarde of Burgundy (–1104) was a French noble, Duchess consort of Gascony and Aquitaine by marriage to William VIII, Duke of Aquitaine. She was the only daughter of Robert I, Duke of Burgundy with his second wife, Ermengarde of Anjou. ...

(ca. 1056-1104), French noble * Hildegard of Fraumünster (828–856 or 859), daughter of Louis the German and first abbess of Fraumünster *

Hildegard Hildegard is a female name derived from the Old High German ''hild'' ('war' or 'battle') and ''gard'' ('enclosure' or 'yard'), and means 'battle enclosure'. Variant spellings include: Hildegarde; the Polish, Portuguese, Slovene and Spanish Hi ...

, second wife of

Charlemagne Charlemagne ( ; 2 April 748 – 28 January 814) was List of Frankish kings, King of the Franks from 768, List of kings of the Lombards, King of the Lombards from 774, and Holy Roman Emperor, Emperor of what is now known as the Carolingian ...

* Hildegard, Countess of Auvergne or Matilda (c. 802–841), daughter of Emperor

Louis the Pious Louis the Pious (; ; ; 16 April 778 – 20 June 840), also called the Fair and the Debonaire, was King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor, co-emperor with his father, Charlemagne, from 813. He was also King of Aquitaine from 781. As the only ...

and

Ermengarde of Hesbaye Ermengarde (or Irmingard) of Hesbaye ( 778 – 3 October 818), probably a member of the Robertian dynasty, was Carolingian empress from 813 and Queen of the Franks from 814 until her death as the wife of the Carolingian emperor Louis the Pio ...

Hildegard Appeltauer Hildegard Appeltauer (born 4 July 1927) was an Austrian figure skater. She competed in the ladies' singles event at the 1948 Winter Olympics The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games (; ; ; ) and commonly know ...

(born 1927), Austrian figure skater and Olympian *

Hildegard Bachert Hildegard Bachert (April 3, 1921 – October 17, 2019) was a German-born American art dealer and gallery director. Born in Mannheim, Germany in 1921, Bachert moved to America in 1936 to seek refuge from the Nazi regime. In 1940, she began workin ...

(1921-2019), German-born American art dealer and gallery director *

Hildegard Bechtler Hildegard Maria Bechtler (born 14 November 1951) is a German costume and set designer. Born in Baden and raised in Stuttgart Stuttgart (; ; Swabian German, Swabian: ; Alemannic German, Alemannic: ; Italian language, Italian: ; ) is the cap ...

(born 1951), German costume and set designer *

Hildegard Behrens Hildegard Behrens (9 February 1937 – 18 August 2009) was a German operatic soprano with a wide repertoire including Wagner, Weber, Mozart, Richard Strauss, and Alban Berg roles. She performed at major opera houses around the world, and receiv ...

(1937–2009), German opera singer *

Hildegard Bentele Hildegard Bentele (born 9 May 1967) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019. Early life and education Bentele graduated from the Margarete-Steiff-Gy ...

(born 1967), German politician *

Hildegard Björck Thora Maria Fredrika Hildegard Björck (1 May 1847 – 7 April 1920) was the first Swedish woman to complete an academic degree.Hildegard Breiner Hildegard Breiner is from Vorarlberg, Austria, where she and her late husband led the anti-nuclear campaign against Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant in the 1970s. In 1978, an unprecedented 85 percent of the voters in Vorarlberg cast their votes aga ...

, Austrian anti-nuclear activist *

Hildegard Brom-Fischer Hildegard Brom-Fischer (1908-2001) was a Dutch textile artist, specializing in ecclesiastical embroidery. Biography Brom-Fischer was born on 16 July 1908 in Coesfeld, Germany. She studied at the training center for applied arts ''Werkkunstschul ...

(1908-2001), Dutch textile artist, specializing in ecclesiastical embroidery *

Hildegard Burjan Hildegard Lea Burjan (née ''Hildegard Freund''; 30 January 1883 – 11 June 1933) was a German Roman Catholic convert from Judaism and the founder of the Sisterhood of Caritas Socialis. Burjan set up several organizations for the promotion of w ...

(1883-1933), German Roman Catholic convert from Judaism and the founder of the Sisterhood of Caritas Socialis *

Hildegard Damerius Hildegard Damerius (born 29 January 1910 in Duisburg; died 3 May 2006 in Berlin) was a German lawyer and politician of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) in the German Democratic Republic ( GDR). Until 1934, she studied law at the Univers ...

(1910-2006), German lawyer and politician *

Hildegard Embacher Hildegard Embacher (born 10 May 1967) is an Austrian cross-country skier. She competed in three events at the 1988 Winter Olympics The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Calgary ...

(born 1967), Austrian cross-country skier and Olympian *

Hildegard Falck Hildegard Falck (née ''Janze'' on 8 June 1949) is a retired West German runner. At the 1972 Olympics she won a gold medal in the 800 m and a bronze medal in the 4 × 400 m relay with West German team. In the 800 m final she finished 0.1 seconds ...

(born 1949), German middle distance runner and Olympic medalist *

Hildegard Fässler Hildegard Fässler-Osterwalder (born 22 June 1951 in Frauenfeld; resident of Appenzell District, Appenzell and Stettfurt) is a Swiss politician from the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (SP). Biography Fässler attended elementary school ...

(born 1951), Swiss politician * Hildegard Feldmann (1936-1990), Swiss nurse and Catholic lay missionary who was active in India and Colombia * Hildegarde Flanner (1899–1987), American poet and activist * Hildegard Goebbels (1934–1945), daughter and murder victim of Nazi Propaganda Minister,

Joseph Goebbels Paul Joseph Goebbels (; 29 October 1897 – 1 May 1945) was a German Nazism, Nazi politician and philologist who was the ''Gauleiter'' (district leader) of Berlin, chief Propaganda in Nazi Germany, propagandist for the Nazi Party, and ...

and

Magda Goebbels Johanna Maria Magdalena Goebbels (; 11 November 1901 – 1 May 1945) was the wife of Nazi Germany's propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels. A prominent member of the Nazi Party, she was a close ally, companion, and political supporter of Adol ...

. *

Hildegard Goss-Mayr Hildegard Goss-Mayr (born 22 January 1930, Vienna) is an Austrian nonviolent activist and Christian theologian. Life and commitment Daughter of Kaspar Mayr, founder of the Austrian branch of the International Fellowship of Reconciliation, she stud ...

(born 1930), Austrian nonviolent activist and Christian theologian *

Hildegard Grill Hildegard Grill (born 20 October 1927) is an Austrian gymnast. She competed in seven events at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Helsinki 195 ...

(born 1927), Austrian gymnast and Olympian * Hildegard Hess (1920-2014), German chemist *

Hildegard Hamm-Brücher Hildegard Hamm-Brücher (11 May 1921 – 7 December 2016) was a liberal politician in Germany. She held federal state secretary positions from 1969 to 1972 and from 1977 to 1982. She was the Free Democratic Party's candidate in the first two ...

(1921–2016), German politician * Hildegard Hammerschmidt-Hummel (1944-2024), German academic *

Hildegard Heichele Hildegard Heichele (; born September 1947) is a German soprano in opera, concert and recital. A member of the Oper Frankfurt from 1974, she has appeared in major European opera houses, concert halls and international festivals. She is known for ...

(born 1947), German soprano in opera, concert and recital *

Hildegarde Howard Hildegarde Howard (April 3, 1901 – February 28, 1998) was an American pioneer in paleornithology. She was mentored by the famous ornithologist, Joseph Grinnell, at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology (MVZ) and in avian paleontology.Joyce Harvey & ...

(1901–1998), American paleornithologist * Hildegard Jadamowitz (1916-1942), German communist activist and a member of the German resistance against National Socialism *

Hildegard Jone Hildegard Jone (1 June 1891 – 28 August 1963) was an Austrian poet and artist. As a poet she produced poetry collections and books throughout her life. She was also a painter and sculptor, with works infused with Expressionism and Christian imag ...

(1891-1963), Austrian poet and artist *

Hildegard Joos Hildegard Joos (7 May 1909 in Sieghartskirchen, Lower Austria – 17 January 2005 in Vienna) was an Austrian painter and is known as the "Grande Dame" of geometric abstraction and constructivism (art), constructivism in Austria. Life Hildegard ...

(1909-2005), Austrian painter * Hildegard Kleeb (born 1957), Swiss pianist *

Hilde Klusenwerth Hilde Klusenwerth (15 July 1910 – 2 December 1999) was a German hurdler. She competed in the women's 80 metres hurdles at the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () and officiall ...

(1910-1999), German hurdler and Olympian * Hildegarde Kneeland (1889–1994), American economist and statistician *

Hildegard Knef Hildegard Frieda Albertine Knef (; 28 December 19251 February 2002) was a German actress, singer, and writer. She was billed in some English-language films as Hildegard Neff or Hildegarde Neff. Early years Hildegard Knef was born in Ulm in 19 ...

(1925–2002), German actress, singer and writer *

Hildegard Korf Kallmann-Bijl Hildegard Gertrud Helen Korf Kallmann-Bijl (September 18, 1908 – November 7, 1968) was a German-born physicist with Jewish roots who emigrated to the United States where she founded and was the first chair of Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) ...

(1908–1968), German-born American physicist * Hildegard Korger (1935-2018), Czech master calligrapher, scholar and professor * Hildegard Körner (born 1959), East German middle distance runner and Olympian * Hildegard Krekel (1952-2013), German actress * Hildegard Lächert (1920-1995), German Nazi concentration camp guard *

Hildegard Lamfrom Hildegard Lamfrom was a German-American molecular biologist/biochemist. She helped develop one of the first in-vitro translation systems, using rabbit reticulocyte lysate to study protein synthesis (a process called translation) in a cell-free co ...

(1922-1984), German-American molecular biologist/biochemist *

Hildegard Lehnert Hildegard Lehnert (1857–1943) was a German painter. Biography Lehnert was born in 1857 in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia. She studied painting under Clara Lobedan and Karl Gussow at the Berlin Academy. She continued her studies in Paris with . Le ...

(1857-1943), German painter *

Hildegard Lewy Hildegard Lewy ( Schlesinger; 17 November 1903 – 8 October 1969) was an Assyriologist and academic. Having originally trained as a physicist, upon her marriage to Julius Lewy she moved into Assyriology; she specialised in cuneiform texts and Babyl ...

(1903-1969), Romanian Assyriologist and academic * Hildegarde Dolson Lockridge (1908–1981), poet, playwright and novelist *

Hildegard Löwy Hildegard Löwy (b.1922 - 4 March 1943) was a Jewish Nazi Germany, German office worker who became involved in German resistance to Nazism, anti-Nazi resistance. She was guillotined at Plötzensee Prison. Life Hildegard Löwy was born in Berlin ...

(1922-1943), German Jewish office worker and member of the anti-Nazi resistance * Hildegard Mende (1922-?), German Nazi concentration camp guard *

Hildegarde Naughton Hildegarde Naughton (born 1 May 1977) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as a Minister of State in attendance at cabinet since 2020. Naughton served as Government Chief Whip from 2022 to 2025. She has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for ...

(born 1977), Irish politician and mayor of Galway *

Hildegarde Neil Hildegard Hope Zimmermann (20 May 1939 – 19 September 2023), also credited as Hildegard Neil, was an English actress. Career Born in South Africa, she came to England in 1961 and went to RADA for two years. Neil first appeared on television ...

(1939-2023), South African-born English actress * Hildegard Neuffer-Stavenhagen (1866-1939), German writer with a focus on children's literature and education * Hildegard Neumann (born 1919-c. 2010), German Nazi and concentration camp overseer * Hildegard Maria Nickel (born 1948), German sociologist and feminist *

Hildegard Ochse Hildegard Ochse (December 7, 1935 – June 28, 1997) was a German photographer. Life and work Hildegard Maria Helene Ochse (maiden name Römer) was born at home in Bad Salzuflen, Westphalia on December 7, 1935, the daughter of Dr. phil. Emma M ...

(1935-1997), German photographer * Hildegard Peplau (1909–1999), American nurse * Hildegard Puwak (1949–2018), Romanian politician * Hildegard Ranczak (1895-1987), Bohemian operatic soprano *

Hildegard Maria Rauchfuß Hildegard Maria Rauchfuß (22 February 1918 - 28 May 2000) was a Germany, German List of German-language authors, writer. Her output included novels, short stories, poems, song/cabaret lyrics, radio plays and television dramas. Many of her books ...

(1918-2000), German writer * Hildegard Reinhardt (born 1942), German translator and art historian * Hildegart Rodríguez Carballeira (1914-1933, Spanish activist for socialism and sexual revolution *

Hildegard Rosenthal Hildegard Baum Rosenthal (March 25, 1913 – September 16, 1990) was a Swiss-born Brazilian photographer, the first woman photojournalist in Brazil. She was part of the generation of European photographers who emigrated during World War II and, ac ...

(1913-1990), Swiss-born Brazilian photographer * Hildegard Rothe-Ille (1899-1942), German mathematician *

Hildegard Rütgers Hildegard Rütgers (born 1930) is a German classical contralto singer in opera and concert. Biography Rütgers began her training with Hermann Weißenborn in Berlin, then studied briefly in Italy and then with Hilde Wesselmann at the Folkwangsch ...

(born 1930), German classical contralto singer in opera and concert * Hildegard Schaeder (1902-1984), German theologian and church historian *

Hilde Schrader Hildegard "Hilde" Schrader (4 January 1910 – 23 March 1966) was a German swimmer who won the 200 m breaststroke event at the 1928 Summer Olympics and 1927 European Championships. She also set two world records in the obsolete breaststroke even ...

(1910-1966), German swimmer and Olympian * Hildegarde Sell (1906–2005), American cabaret singer known as Hildegarde * Hildegard Sellhuber (born 1950), retired German speed skater and Olympian *

Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling Hildegard Krahwinkel Sperling (née Krahwinkel; 26 March 1908 – 7 March 1981) was a German-Danish tennis player. She won three consecutive singles titles at the French Championships from 1935 to 1937. Krahwinkel Sperling is generally regarded ...

(1908-1981), German-Danish tennis player * Hildegard Stücklen (1891-1963), German-American physicist who dealt with spectroscopy *

Hildegard Temporini-Gräfin Vitzthum Hildegard Temporini-Gräfin Vitzthum (14 March 1939 – 30 November 2004) was a German classical historian and writer, who was well known for her work on the role and influence of women in the early-to-mid Roman Empire. She was also co-editor of ...

(1939-2004), German classical historian and writer * Hildegard Thorell (1850-1930), Swedish painter * Hildegard Trabant (1927-1964), East German woman shot and killed while trying to cross over the Berlin Wall into West Germany * Hildegard Vieregg (born 1939), German museologist and museum professional, an educator, a university professor and lecturer, author, editor and administrator * Hilda (Hildegarde) Vīka (1897–1963), Latvian artist and writer * Hildegard Werner (1834-1911), Swedish musician, musical conductor, and journalist active in Great Britain *

Hildegard Westerkamp Hildegard Westerkamp (born April 8, 1946, in Osnabrück, Germany) is a Canadian composer, radio artist, teacher, and sound ecologist.Kirk MacKenzie. "Westerkamp, Hildegard." ''Grove Music Online''. ''Oxford Music Online''. Oxford University Press ...

(born 1946), German-born Canadian composer, radio artist, teacher, and sound ecologist * Hildegard Woodward (1898-1977), American children's book author and illustrator * Hildegard Wortmann (born 1966), German business executive

Notable fictional characters

* Hildegarde Antoinette "Hilda" Spellman, a character in the comic book ''

Sabrina the Teenage Witch ''Sabrina the Teenage Witch'' is a comic book series published by Archie Comics about the adventures of a fictional American teenager named Sabrina Spellman. Sabrina was created by writer George Gladir and artist Dan DeCarlo, and first appeared ...

'' and subsequent

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. *

Hildegarde (Marvel Comics) Haechi Haechi (Mark Sim) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Christopher Yost and Marcus To, he first appeared in ''New Warriors'' (vol. 5) #2 (March 2014). Sim is among the latent ...

, a Valkyrie *

Hildegarde Withers Hildegarde Withers is a fictional character, an amateur crime-solver in several novels, short stories and films. She was created by American mystery author Stuart Palmer (1905–1968). Character Miss Withers "whom the census enumerator had rec ...

, in novels and films * Hildegard von Krone, from the ''Soul'' series of fighting games * Hildegard von Mariendorf, from ''

Legend of the Galactic Heroes , sometimes abbreviated as ''LOTGH'', ''LOGH'', ''LGH'' or in Japanese (and also depicted as ''Heldensagen vom Kosmosinsel'' in the anime intro), is a series of Epic (genre), epic science fiction novels written by Yoshiki Tanak ...

'' * Hildegarde T., from the anime and manga series ''

Beelzebub Ba'al Zabub , Ba'al Zvuv or Beelzebub ( ; ''Baʿal-zəḇūḇ''), also spelled Beelzebul or Belzebuth, and occasionally known as the Lord of the Flies, is a name derived from a Philistine god, formerly worshipped in Ekron, and later adopted ...

'' by Ryūhei Tamura * Hildegarde, in the Johann Strauss operetta '' Simplicius'' * Hildegard 'Hildy' Johnson, from 1940 American comedy film ''

His Girl Friday ''His Girl Friday'' is a 1940 American screwball comedy film directed by Howard Hawks, starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell and featuring Ralph Bellamy and Gene Lockhart. It was released by Columbia Pictures. The plot centers on a newspaper ...

'' * Princess Hildegard, from the Disney animated series ''

Sofia the First ''Sofia the First'' is an American animated fantasy children's television series created and developed by Craig Gerber (creator), Craig Gerber for Disney Television Animation and Disney Jr. The series follows a young peasant girl named Sofia, ...

'' * Hildegarde, from the game ''

Catan ''Catan'', previously known as ''The Settlers of Catan'' or simply ''Settlers'', is a multiplayer board game designed by Klaus Teuber. It was first published in 1995 in Germany by Franckh-Kosmos Verlag (Kosmos) as ''Die Siedler von Catan'' (). ...

'' (web/app version) * Hildegard; 'Devout Oracle' from the mobile game ''

Dragalia Lost ''Dragalia Lost'' was an action role-playing game developed by Cygames and published by Nintendo. It was released for Android and iOS in September 2018 before being discontinued in November 2022. The game received mixed reviews from critics a ...

'' * Hildegarde (Hilda) from the manga and anime series Beelzebub ''

Beelzebub (manga) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ryuhei Tamura. It is the story about a first year student at a school for juvenile delinquents. It was first published in 2008 as a one-shot (comics), one-shot in Shueisha's ''Weekly Sh� ...

'' * Hildegard Hamhocker, a character in ''

Tumbleweeds (comic strip) ''Tumbleweeds'' was an American comic strip that offered a skewed perspective on life on the American frontier. Writer-artist Tom K. Ryan (June 6, 1926 – March 12, 2019) (who signed the strip "T.K. Ryan") was very familiar with conventions of t ...

'' * Hildegard "Hildy" Gloom, witch and main antagonist of ''

The 7D ''The 7D'' is an American animated television series produced by Disney Television Animation, which premiered on Disney XD on July 7, 2014. It is a re-imagining of the title characters from the 1937 film ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'' by ...

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