Hildur
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, variant of Hilda. Borrowed from Icelandic Hildur in the 19th century.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Hildur (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Hildur has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2011. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 4 |
| 2005 | 3 |
| 2006 | 4 |
| 2007 | – |
| 2008 | 7 |
| 2009 | 3 |
| 2010 | 5 |
| 2011 | 9 |
| 2012 | 3 |
| 2013 | 3 |
| 2014 | 5 |
| 2015 | 6 |
| 2016 | 4 |
| 2017 | 3 |
| 2018 | 4 |
| 2019 | 3 |
| 2020 | 6 |
| 2021 | 4 |
| 2022 | 2 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 2,744 |
| 2000 | 2,520 |
| 2001 | 2,275 |
| 2002 | 2,032 |
| 2003 | 1,846 |
| 2004 | 1,694 |
| 2005 | 1,528 |
| 2006 | 1,369 |
| 2007 | 1,229 |
| 2008 | 1,119 |
| 2009 | 1,005 |
| 2010 | 914 |
| 2011 | 831 |
| 2012 | 750 |
| 2013 | 672 |
| 2014 | 611 |
| 2015 | 564 |
| 2016 | 518 |
| 2017 | 473 |
| 2018 | 439 |
| 2019 | 414 |
| 2020 | 387 |
Hildur in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Hildur.Hi! My name is Hildur.
- Hildur ringde och sa att hon blir lite sen.Hildur called and said she'll be a bit late.
- Hildur har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Hildur has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Hildurs mamma är lärare.Hildur's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Hildurs mamma is Hildur's mum.
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Questions about Hildur
How do you pronounce Hildur in Swedish?
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What does the name Hildur mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, variant of Hilda. Borrowed from Icelandic Hildur in the 19th century.
How popular is Hildur in Sweden?
2 babies were named Hildur in 2022. In 2020, 387 people in Sweden had Hildur as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2011 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
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.