My column on HIlda
Here is the link to today's column. It's was interesting to see how Hilda seems to have increased the last decade so much in pop culture like anime and video games. I think the next couple of decades may well see a rise in many of the older "first syllable ends in -l, followed by another consonant" names like Hilda, Zelda, Velma, Alta, Alma, Elva, Gilda, Melba, Nelda, Olga, Selma, Thelma, Wilma, Zelma, etc.
https://omaha.com/life-entertainment/local/cleveland-evans-paying-homage-to-wise-women-on-st-hildas-day/article_5c80ebd4-a05d-11ef-af61-533fd8b3ce19.html
https://omaha.com/life-entertainment/local/cleveland-evans-paying-homage-to-wise-women-on-st-hildas-day/article_5c80ebd4-a05d-11ef-af61-533fd8b3ce19.html
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Very interesting. I like the sound of these names.
I didn't know that either (and I can't read the column), but Hilda transliterates very nicely into Japanese as
"Hiruda." Not too many English/Western names come across so well in Japanese.
"Hiruda." Not too many English/Western names come across so well in Japanese.