Hulda

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Hulda is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Portuguese given name24K records spelled Hulda8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, Peru, United States, Argentina

  Languages: Portuguese, Spanish, French

  Also written Houlda, Hülda

• Finnish given name20K records spelled Hulda9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, United States, Poland, Estonia

  Languages: Finnish, Arabic, Polish

  Also written Hülda

• Turkish given name264 records spelled Hulda3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Türkiye, Canada

  Also written Hülda

• Russian given name120 records spelled Hulda8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Russia, Ukraine

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

  Also written Хулда, Хульда, Khulda

44 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Hulda is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Icelandic, secrecy

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• 1 Biblical name (meaning ‘weasel’ in Hebrew) borne by a prophetess who foretold to Josiah the destruction of Jerusalem (2 Kings 22). 2 Swedish: 18th-century derivation from the adjective huld sweet, lovable. The name has also been adopted in Denmark, Norway, and Germany. Variant (of 1): Huldah . Top

  as a word

• In Faroese, invisible ghost

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In goh, favour

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Latvian, Skandināvu mitoloģijā - nāves dieviete, taču arī labklājības, zemes un mājas dieviete

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 81 years between 1880–1980. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Hulda Lundinb. 1847SESwedish tailor, educator
• Hulda Garborgb. 1862NONorwegian writer and politician (1862–1934)
• Hulda Stumpfb. 1867USAmerican Christian missionary
• Hulda Floodb. 1886SESwedish politician (1886-1968)
• Carin Göringb. 1888SEnot in their usual nameSwedish wife of Hermann Göring
• Hulda Pankokb. 1895DEGerman journalist and publisher (1895-1985)
• Viola Sandellb. 1910SEnot in their usual nameSwedish politician
• Hulda Gurewitzb. 1926ILIsraeli activist for disabled veterans (*1926)
• Hulda Regehr Clarkb. 1928CACanadian naturopath and practitioner of alternative medicine (1928–2009)
• Maria Kulleb. 1960SEnot in their usual nameSwedish actress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 442 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Hulda?

We estimate roughly 5.4 thousand people bear Hulda (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Hulda have the most bearers?

We estimate about 1.6 thousand people bear Hulda in Sweden, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled hulda.

Where is Hulda most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Hulda is densest in Iceland — about 1 in 273 people — even though Sweden holds more of our records for it.

How common is Hulda compared with other names?

In Iceland, Hulda is the 60th most common given name of 4,856 given names recorded there.

Is Hulda a male or female name?

Hulda is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Hulda mean?

Recorded meaning: Huldah (biblical figure)