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It is very regal and princessy, I like it a lot! Hildegard is my favorite full name for it!

Love it.

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I wanted to name my daughter this. It's my grandmother's name but she hates it :(

I love Hilda, but I think most people aren't rooting for this to make a comeback. I think it's spunky and unexpected while being classic.

To me, the name is strong and feisty, but I have that particular association because my mother has an aunt with this name (in her case it is short for Mathilde) who is just that. She is only 12 years older than my mother, which is because Hilda is the youngest (born in 1950) in a Catholic family of twelve, while my maternal grandmother (her sister) is the eldest (born in 1932).

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With that said, I saw that you mentioned that you are not particularly fond of given names starting with H-, but yet you find yourself kind of drawn to the name Hilda. Perhaps a solution for your predicament would be choosing a name that doesn't start with H-, but does at least contain -hild-, thus enabling you to call the child Hilda in everyday life? Just like how it was done with my great-aunt. So, how about:

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Brunhilda (or Brunhilde)
Brynhild
Clothilde (or Clotilde)
Irmhild
Ishild
Mathilda (or Mathilde)
Mechthild
Reinhilde
Swanhilda (or Swanhilde)
Torhild

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You can find more feminine names containing -hild- right here:

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- (main database): http://www.behindthename.com/names/gender/feminine/pattern/*hild*
- (Submitted Names database): http://www.behindthename.com/submit/names/gender/feminine/pattern/*hild*
- https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/HILD (look at the entire page carefully, but the section called "Last Element Forms" is probably the most relevant for you)

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Alright, that was all - I wish you good luck with finding the right name and/or solution to your situation! :)

I adore it! It's earthy and grounded and unassumingly gentle/genteel.

I don't like it because I don't like the "hil" sound. It's the same reason I don't like Hillary / Hilary.

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My beloved gay friend assures me that Hilda is or maybe was gay slang for 'horrible'. And I'm afraid that I can easily see why.

Pretty but dated.

I find Hilda to be a dated and very unnatractive name. I fail to see the name ever making a comeback. Especially not a huge comeback

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I feel that It's just one of those names that is easily joked about or gets added into something for comical relief. It just isn't a good name at all IMO

I don't think it sounds pretty at all. It sounds like a 115-year-old woman with a broomstick chasing people off her grass.

Love Hilda. It's just the sort of quirky, retro darling that I love.

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My sister is Hilary Patricia, but my mother used to call her Hildy Mary as a nickname. Not sure why. Anyway, the nn Hildy is a favorite. It also makes me think of Rosalind Russell's character in "His Girl Friday," one of my all time favorite movies.