Hilda is one of several female given names derived from the name Hild, formed from Old Norse , meaning 'battle'. Hild, a Nordic-German Bellona, was a Valkyrie who conveyed fallen warriors to Valhalla. Warfare was often called Hild's Game. The name became rare in England during the later Middle Ages, but was revived in the 19th century. In Sweden it has been in use since the late 18th century, being a popular name throughout the 19th century. Hilde is a variant of Hilda. Another variation on Hild is Hildur. Hilda is the name of: People Hilda of Whitby (c. 614-680), English saint Princess Hilda of Nassau (1864–1952) Hilda Bernard (born 1920), Argentine stage, screen and television actress Hilda Bernstein (1915–2006), author, artist, and anti-apartheid and women's rights activist Hilda Borgström (1871–1954), Swedish actress Hilda Bettermann (1942-2023), American politician Hilda Braid (1929–2007), English actress Hilda Mabel Canter (1922–2007), English mycologist, protozoologist, and photographer Hilda Caselli (1836-1901), Swedish educational reformer Hilda Clayton (1991-2013), American U.S. Army specialist and war photographer Hilda Conkling (1910–1986), American poet Hilda Dallas (1878–1958) and sister Irene Dallas (1883 -1971), British suffragettes Hilda Eisen (1917–2017), a Polish-born American businessperson, philanthropist, and Holocaust survivor Hilda Ellis Davidson (1914–2006), English antiquarian and academic H. D. (1886–1961), born Hilda Doolittle, American poet, novelist and memoirist Hilda de Duhalde (born 1946), Argentine politician Hilda Fenemore (1914–2004), English actress Hilda Gadea (1921-1974), Peruvian economist, communist leader, author, and Che Guevara's first wife Hilda Gaxiola (born 1972), Mexican beach volleyball player Hilda Geiringer (1893–1973), Austrian mathematician and professor Hilda Goldblatt Gorenstein (Hilgos) (1905–1998), American oil painter and watercolorist Hilda Hewlett (1864–1943), first British woman aviator to earn a pilot's licence, and aviation entrepreneur Hilda Heine (1951), Marshallese educator and politician Hilda Hilst (1930–2004), Brazilian poet, playwright and novelist Hilda Phoebe Hudson (1881-1965), English mathematician Hilda Käkikoski (1864-1912), Finnish politician, writer and schoolteacher, one of the first nineteen women elected to parliament Hilda Kibet (born 1981), Dutch long distance runner Hilda Lovell-Smith (1886 - 1973), businesswoman and community organiser from New Zealand Hilda Lund (1840–1911), Swedish ballerina Hilda Molina (born 1942), chief neurosurgeon of Cuba and dissident Hilda Mundy (1912-1980), Bolivian writer, poet, journalist Hilda Rix Nicholas (1884-1961), Australian painter Hilda Petrini (1838–1895), Swedish clock maker Hilda Pinnix-Ragland, American business executive H. F. M. Prescott (1896-1972), English author, academic and historian Hilda Ramos (born 1964), Cuban discus thrower Hilda Muhlhauser Richards, American federal labor official