Hildegard
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from German.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Hildegard (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Few babies have been given the name since 1998; it belongs mostly to older generations. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 723 |
| 2000 | 690 |
| 2001 | 657 |
| 2002 | 638 |
| 2003 | 592 |
| 2004 | 564 |
| 2005 | 540 |
| 2006 | 505 |
| 2007 | 467 |
| 2008 | 440 |
| 2009 | 419 |
| 2010 | 395 |
| 2011 | 373 |
| 2012 | 346 |
| 2013 | 328 |
| 2014 | 311 |
| 2015 | 284 |
| 2016 | 268 |
| 2017 | 256 |
| 2018 | 233 |
| 2019 | 220 |
| 2020 | 207 |
Hildegard in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Hildegard.Hi! My name is Hildegard.
- Hildegard bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Hildegard lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Hildegard har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Hildegard has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Hildegards mamma är lärare.Hildegard's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Hildegards mamma is Hildegard's mum.
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Questions about Hildegard
How do you pronounce Hildegard in Swedish?
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What does the name Hildegard mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from German.
How popular is Hildegard in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Hildegard in 2022. In 2020, 207 people in Sweden had Hildegard as the first name they go by.
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.