Hilda

[Firebird83]

I met a 3 year old Hilda the other day and it was surprisingly quite cute on her! Can you ever see it making a comeback? I suppose it’s quite similar in sound to Matilda which is popular.

Maud is ok, Hilda is fucking ugly.

I don't associate it with a certain era I associate it as just being an ugly, butch sounding name.

Hilda is awful. Doris is just ugly and frumpy. Edna is terrible. Call yourself it, but don’t dump some poor child with it.

The Doris I know, now in her 30s (everyone was astonished when her parents said what her name would be) is far from ugly and frumpy. She loves her name, has never met another her age, she owns it. And Doris Day was no ugly frump either.

That’s the thing about names, we’re all allowed to have opinions on them. And I think it’s ugly.

Love it.

I also love Winifred, Greta, and Agatha.

Funny isn’t it how we each hear thing so differently. No need to be so defensive, it’s nothing personal.

Hilde in The Last Kingdom is pretty awesome. I like it.

I know a Hilda in her 30s and she absolutely hates her name.

No

Awful. As is Doris. I've always liked Maud though.

I don't like Maud - it's such a 'blah' name to me. Hilda with always be Ogden to me but I'm in my 40s - the generations below mine won't make that connection.

Love Doris, Ada and Evelyn - if I had my DD now though she'd 100% be an Elsie!

I've always thought it is rather pretty just as a collection of sounds, but it has a few too many unfortunate associations for me - some you will have heard of, but one was just a nosy neighbour. I bet if Greta Thunberg had been called Hilda it would be gaining in popularity by now.

I know a little Hilda and a little Doris! One is 5, the other 3. They’re both adorable but even with their absolute cuteness the names still sound horrible.

I love the name Hilda & Maude, Dorrie rather than Doris sounds great . The only ‘ old lady’ names I’m not keen on are Nelly & Ethel . Although Lily Allen has an Ethel .