My friend has Hilda in her top three and I said......

[autumnseeker]

...nothing.
She has it as a main contender with Ruth and Susannah. None of them are my style but Hilda I find hideous.
Is it fair to try and put her off, is there a chance it will come back in fashion?
Does anyone here actually like Hilda?

Thatcher's middle name iirc.
Agnes is lovely though.

you think? now, imo Agnes is one of he ugliest names I have heard...and I have a neighbour, who is so super lovely, that has the name...she is a Agnes Gertrude and totally hates it....

I really like the name Agnes

My gran was called Agnes and was quite put out when I wasn't named after her apparently.

I think Agnes is an ugly name-so is Aggie.

Hilda is a poor choice IMO but her daughter will be Hilly within about 1 second and that's quite cute.

Given the trend for old lady names, I was wondering when Hilda would make a comeback. I like it but only because my great-aunt Hilda was so much fun. (RIP Hilda, you were a blast!)

Not only is it horrid, but the 'H' will be routinely dropped by her friends, and she'll hear them yelling "Ilda" or "Ills" across the playground.

OGDEN

Mind you, my great-aunt hated her name and when she finally went into an old folk's home, told everyone there her name was Penny!

Hilda is awful.I'm sorry if I am non PC but it is awful.Really.

another ugly name, imo, is Renate....dispite it being the middlename of my mum and the first name of one of my lovely aunts, that sadly died when I was a child...she always read me stories when I stayed over....less her!

I would have thought it would be more likely to become Hildy or Hills. I don't think there is anything particularly wrong with Hilda as a name. Seems pretty much in the same league as Susannah and Ruth to me. Agnes/Aggie now I do agree is ugly.

WHat exactly is so terrible about Hilda? I wouldn't choose it myself, but it's ok. I think the sound of it is quite gentle and pretty - at least, compared to something like Gertrude, which I find quite ugly-sounding.

I disliked Hilda at the start of this thread but by the bottom I was quite liking it.

I had a friend that had Edith on her list.

Ethel is probably worse.

Maybe old lady names will make a comeback.

hilda was the name of our beautiful kind and funny great gran who died in February leaving my dd heartbroken.
For that reason I love it

I know a Hildur .... she's Icelandic and a stunner ... so she can be forgiven.

Hilda was one of those names in a recent story about names that are totally dying out - along with Gertrude and Norman IIRC.

A pal of my mum's is Hilda and even she agrees it's had its day - so in that sense yr pal is making a good choice autumnseeker.

It's not my fave but each to their own - as long as she actually likes it!

I love Agnes BTW - it was (maybe) DS2's name if a girl. Edith is a nice name too; I also like Mabel which I have hardly ever come across. But what do I know? My kids have bizarre and old fashioned names, apparently

BTW I know a 4yo Ruth, only one tho.

I have taught over a thousand preschool children. never had a Ruth or a Susannah. Never had a Hilda come to that!

hilda? yes, lets hope she's pulling your leg.

glad im not the only person who thought of sabrina the teenage witch when i saw this thread!

i do not like hilda

I think it kind of depends how attractive the child is likely to be. I know that's a truly hideous thing to say, but if she is likely to be beautiful with blonde curls, then maybe she could carry it off. But if there is a chance of her being a bit plain or dumpy, I think it could be dreadful.

What do her parents look like?

I quite like Hilda! I had a friend at school who was called Hillie as an abbreviation of her surname - I always thought it was very pretty.

Not that I'd call my own child Hilda, but if I heard someone else use it I'd think it was nice.

I know a Hilde (pronounced Hilda) who is 25 - but she's belgian. She was mortified when she moved here and got the pity reaction when she introduced herself over and over...