Hulda

The name occurs in the Bible, but in Scandinavia it became popular through a 19th century ballad, and is usually associated with the adjective huld (“gentle, graceful”), cognate to German hold.

Hulda

1. Huldah (biblical figure)
2. a female given name popular in the 19th century

Hulda f

1. a female given name

Matronymics

• son of Hulda: Hulduson
• daughter of Huldu: Huldudóttir

Of Biblical Hebrew origin, and from Swedish Hulda.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhuldɑ/, [ˈhuldɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -uldɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Hul‧da

Hulda

1. Huldah (biblical figure)
   • 1642, The Holy Bible, 2 Chronicles 34:22:

     NIin Hilkia meni nijden cansa/ jotca Cuningalda lähetetyt olit/ Prophetissan Huldan Sallumin Takehathin Hasran pojanpojan waatetten kätkiän emännän tygö/ joca asui toisella puolella Jerusalemis/ ja puhui sencaltaisia hänen cansans.

     And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college:) and they spake to her to that effect.

2. a female given name popular in the 19th century
   • 1894, Teuvo Pakkala, Kaksi viatonta päivää, SKS (1995), →ISBN, page 173:

     ―Sanoi Aappo nimenkin, vaan...olkaapas vaiti...ei se tainnut Hilta olla, vaan h:n päältä se oli.
     ―Kenen tyttäriä?
     ―No Montinin...
     ―Montinin Hulda! sanoi Elsa kiihkeästi ja enemmän itselleen kuin muille.

     ―Aappo did say a name, it was...let me think...I don't think it was Hilta, something starting with an H.
     ―Whose daughters?
     ―Montini's...
     ―Montini's Hulda! Elsa said in a frenzy, more to herself than to anyone else.

• Hulda is the 721^st most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 315 female individuals (and as a middle name to 231 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

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Hulda

1. Huldah (biblical figure)
2. a female given name, popular in the 19th century

• IPA^(key): /ˈhʏlta/

  Rhymes: -ʏlta

  Homophone: hulda

Hulda f

1. a female given name

Hulda

1. Huldah (biblical figure)
2. a female given name popular in the 19th century

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Hulda c (genitive Huldas)

1. Huldah (biblical figure)
2. a female given name popular in the 19th century