What do you think of Hilda?

[giltrose]

What do you think of Hilda? The longer forms I've been looking at (Brunhilde) I now think are too much with no German connections.

If you are using the name because you genuinely like it and not because you are looking specifically for something unique, then deffo go for it!
Bollocks to the nay-sayers!!

There is a baby in my wider family called Dennis, which in my head is in a similar category. When I heard I was very much When I finally met him he was such a wonderful smiley happy little chappie who completely suited his name:

Baby Dennis! Of course!
Why would you be called anything else! .

No.

It's one of those that is still too old ladyish. Like Gladys. My grandmother was called Gladys and I wish I could've used it. But it's just not right.

And Doris

Ditto BarbaMamma The Norwegian Hilde (pronounced v similar) I know is mid 30s and v fun, funky and nothing like the UK connotations...but if you have no connections to these cultures then no, as its really not great/fairly clunky/old person's name in the UK.

If you love it then feel free to ignore us

I gave my ds a bit of an old man name and one that isn't trendy. I love it but I did get odd reactions when he was small, once a doctots receptionist thought I was joking when I gave over his name. I used to sometimes think that he is going to have to be a very strong character because of his name and he is quite a reserved child. I don't get any raised eyebrows now and I have even heard rumour of a couple more children with his name!

Hilda Next step Edna and Doris.

Please don't!

the thing about names is people will always have a negative spin on a name you like, but if the baby was born and you said her name is Hilda people would initially raise an eyebrow and eventually think actually the name Hilda suits her. And the ironic thing is most of us eventually become known by a nickname in the end e.g. Isabella = bella, Amelia = Milly etc. If you like the name then go for it.

It was on our list but Dh said no in the end. It would've been in memory of his grandma (austrian) Hildegarde . If i have another girl it'll be on the list again. :-D i like it.

I know a 7 yr old Agatha

when she was born there were a few raised eyebrows at the name being an old lady name, but it suits her, and is very individual - and she does get called Aggie as well but it no longer sounds like a great aunts name

when I was a teenager I would never have imagined that Phoebe, Lily, Evie, Molly, Iris, etc would become fashionable once more as they were all old lady names too

choose what you want, children grow into their name/nickname (well, within reason, i pity the poor wee things named elvis or stuff like that)

I wouldn't have thought of it - but now I think about it, I rather like it. On the subject of Germanic names, I also like Greta (which DH hates) and Otto (already vetoed for DS2 due in July ).

its better than Brunhilde

What about Heidi

unfortunately I just think of the girls at St Hilda's known as 'Hildabeasts'

absolutely awful

I have a my-age friend called Hilda. As others have said, once you have a name, you tend to grow into it, and I can't imagine "my" Hilda being called anything else. She's a bright, funny, pretty etc and doesn't seem to have been held back at all! People remember her name!

You can always go with a more standard name as a second name for a fall-back option. Possible not Matilda tho (or Trudpert...)

And Gertrude

I wouldn't choose it for my baby, but I like it. It's traditional, clean, short, easy to remember and to write.

The fact that so many people doesn't like it just confirms it is not a common or boring name. If you want a name that most people will like, then don't go for Hilda

Tis a great name for a chicken.

I like it. But the I would say that given my nickname! There are much more popular names that feel even more old-lady-ish to me... Florence, Mabel etc, so to a certain extent it's just a matter of taste.

& I don't like it "to be different" btw... it's funny because I actually have that same reaction to a lot of old lady/old man type names which seem to be coming into fashion, but there you go!

I think it's much nicer than Florence, Elsie, Iris, Violet, and the aforementioned dreadful Daisy, Poppy, etc. It's a lot better than Mavis, Doris, Gladys, Gertrude, Edna, Doris. It's in a different league.

I would put it in the same boat as Greta, Beata, Freida, and Agatha, which are dignified and have gravitas.

Ooh yes, Greta is lovely! I also like Zelda... although obviously not with Hilda as anyone who ever saw Sabrina the Teenage Witch will know! And Imelda (if not too "Marcos").

I really wanted Vera but no one could stomach it, n now I know her she's def the phoebe we named her.
Love Hilda