Hildebrand is a character from Germanic legend. Hildebrand is the modern German form of the name: in Old High German it is Hiltibrant and in Old Norse Hildibrandr. The word hild means "battle" and brand means "sword". The name itself is very likely of Lombardic origin.
The female name Hildegard derived from the Old High German words hild (=war or battle) and gard (=protection) and means "battle guard". Variant spellings include Hildegarde. The Polish, Portuguese, Slovene and Spanish version is Hildegarda; the Italian version is Ildegarda.
Hildur is one of several female given names derived from the name Hild formed from Old Norse hildr, meaning "battle". Hild, a Nordic-German Bellona, was a Valkyrie who conveyed fallen warriors to Valhalla. Warfare was often called Hild's Game.
Hillard Name Meaning. English (mainly Wales): possibly a reduced form of Hilliard. French: from a derivative (pejorative) of Hilaire, French form of Hillary 1.
Hilliard Name Meaning. English: from the Norman female personal name Hildiarde, Hildegard, composed of the Germanic elements hild 'strife', 'battle' + gard 'fortress', 'stronghold'. The surname has been in Ireland since the 17th century.
Scandinavian Meaning: The name Hendrick is a Scandinavian baby name. In Scandinavian the meaning of the name Hendrick is: Rules his household.
The Hoover surname is an Anglicized form of the German and Dutch name Huber, meaning "a large measure of land" or "a man who owns a hube (a 30-60 acre parcel of land)," from the Middle High German huober and Middle Dutch huve.
Hopkins is an English, Welsh and Irish patronymic surname. The English and Welsh derivations mean "son of Hob". It derives from the Germanic warrior name Hrod-berht, translated as "renowned-fame". It was 'borrowed' into French, where the spelling was changed from "Hob" to "Robert".
Etymology/meaning. The name is of Old High German origin, meaning "man from the forest", "bosk" or "brushwood". In modern German, "Horst" is also the equivalent of English aerie, the nest of an eagle.
The name Huberta is a German baby name. In German the meaning of the name Huberta is: Intelligent.
