Hildegard

Hildegard is a female name derived from the Old High German hild ('war' or 'battle') and gard ('enclosure' or 'yard'), and means 'battle enclosure'. Variant spellings include: Hildegarde; the Polish, Portuguese, Slovene and Spanish Hildegarda; the Italian Ildegarda; the Hungarian Hildegárd; and the ancient German Hildegardis. Notable people with the name Hilda (Hildegarde) Vīka (1897–1963), Latvian artist and writer Hildegard (music duo), 2021 electronic music project by Canadian musicians Helena Deland and Ouri Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179), Christian saint Hildegard of Fraumünster (828–856 or 859), daughter of Louis the German and first abbess of Fraumünster Hildegard of the Vinzgau, second wife of Charlemagne Hildegard, Countess of Auvergne or Matilda (c.