Nilda

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled נילדה in IL Israel.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 4 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◐

Nilda is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Indonesian given name4.5K records spelled Nilda3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Philippines, Indonesia, United States, Peru

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Níldá

• Croatian given name1.1K records spelled Nilda8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Philippines, Croatia, United States, North Macedonia

  Languages: Croatian, Macedonian, Serbian

  Also written Нилда

• Russian given name299 records spelled Nilda7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Peru, Türkiye, Russia

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

  Also written Нилда, Нильда, Нільда

38 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●

Nilda is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, weibl. Vom., spanische bzw. italienische

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• In Latvian, Sievietes vārds

  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●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 105 years between 1909–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Nilda Pintob. 1918NLDutch writer in Papiamento (1918-1954)
• Nilde Iottib. 1920ITnot in their usual nameItalian politician (1920–1999)
• Nilda Spencerb. 1923BRBrazilian actress
• Nilda Raggib. 1938ARArgentinian actor
• Nilda Jara de Paniaguab. 1942PEPeruvian politician
• Nilda Celia Garréb. 1945ARArgentine politician
• Nilda Gondimb. 1946BRBrazilian politician
• Nilda Ceperob. 1953CUCuban writer
• Nilda Fernándezb. 1957ESSpanish-French singer
• Nilda Ismael do Nascimentob. 1972BRBrazilian football player

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 · 694 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Nilda?

We estimate roughly 48 thousand people bear Nilda (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Nilda have the most bearers?

Nilda is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled nilda.

How common is Nilda compared with other names?

In Argentina, Nilda is the 235th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Nilda a male or female name?

Nilda 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 Nilda mean?

Recorded meaning: abreviación de Brunilda, Sunilda, Suanilda, etc.