Hilda

[JanePurdy]

Is it irredeemable?

The newest baby I know is called Hilda.

I love it. It's my Granny's name but she is known as Hilly as she hates it.

I hate it, but then I don't like any of the "old lady" names that have been revived recently.

Dreadful name

It's my Granny's name too, she also goes by the nickname Tilly.

Prefer Hildur.

But maybe you'd have to be Icelandic.

My wonderful Mum's name, so it represents everything she was to me - loving, generous, unselfish, kind, thoughtful, fun-loving, determined, resilient, and she had a beautiful singing voice. She was Hildy to her parents.

Hilda is a really bad choice.

Really bad.

It has an image of being old fashioned, that's ok though, it's easy to say and spell and people can identify with it as a name.

It's quite nice really, go for it.

Really really dislike Hilda, although I love Matilda and the nickname Tilda. Hilda sounds so much more old fashioned to me.

Fugly.

I like it.

I'd never dream of using it and was going to say it was a foul name but actually, if you look at it and sound it out a few times it's actually quite nice. Not sure you could get over the Ogden/rollers thing but nicer than you would think.

Absolutely love it. Was the name of a treasured aunt, though, so will always have mainly positive associations for me.

I know a Hildi - Finnish name - that is very nice. Hilda is not bad in itself, but I do think of Margaret Hilda Thatcher - whom I cannot abide!

Please don't do it. It's a terrible name.

Hildi is good & doesn't have the connotations of elderly whiskery aunts... But fear not, haterz, I am not pregnant & DP hates it too! I still love it though.