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Hulda
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hulda
English
Proper noun
en female Huldah.
7 April 1911 Obituary Notes https://www.nytimes.com/1911/04/07/archives/choir-singer-for-sixty-years-dead.html Miss HULDA D. LOUD, editor and proprietor of The Rockland Independent, died yesterday in Rockland, Mass., in the house where she was born sixty-six years ago. She was a sister of the late Congressman Eugene F. Loud of California. Miss Loud was one of the first women in Massachusetts to espouse the cause of woman suffrage.
26 July 1950 Miss Hulda E. Wood https://www.nytimes.com/1950/07/26/archives/miss-hulda-e-wood.html Miss Hulda Emma Wood, a district secretary for the State Health Department, died here yesterday at the home of her niece, Mrs. E. W. Pearson. Her age was 77. She is survived by a brother, Theodore Wood.
31 August 1965 Gene Roberts Mass Integration Is Quiet in SouthThousands of Negro Pupils, Including King Children, Enter All-White Schools https://www.nytimes.com/1965/08/31/archives/mass-integration-is-quiet-in-south-thousands-of-negro-pupils.html Miss Hulda Coleman, the county school superintendent, said the parents of the children had agreed to enter them on the second rather than the first day of classes.
Danish
Etymology
The name occurs in the Bible, but in Scandinavia it became popular through a 19th century ballad, and is usually associated with the adjective da huld gentle, graceful, cognate to de hold.
Proper noun
da proper noun
Huldah biblical figure
da female popular in the 19th century
da Biblical characters
Faroese
Proper noun
fo proper noun f
fo female
Usage notes
f Hulduson Huldudóttir
Declension
Hulda Huldu Huldu Huldu
Finnish
Etymology
From fi sv Hulda.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Huldah biblical figure
fi 1642 The Holy Bible 2 Chronicles 34:22 NIin Hilkia meni nijden cansa/ jotca Cuningalda lähetetyt olit/ Prophetissan Huldan Sallumin Takehathin Hasran pojanpojan waatetten kätkiän emännän tygö/ joca asui toisella puolella Jerusalemis/ ja puhui sencaltaisia hänen cansans. And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college:) and they spake to her to that effect.
fi female popular in the 19th century
fi 1894 w:Teuvo Pakkala Kaksi viatonta päivää SKS (1995) 951-717-841-7 173 ―Sanoi Aappo nimenkin, vaan...olkaapas vaiti...ei se tainnut Hilta olla, vaan h:n päältä se oli.―Kenen tyttäriä?―No Montinin...―Montinin Hulda! sanoi Elsa kiihkeästi ja enemmän itselleen kuin muille. ―Aappo did say a name, it was...let me think...I don't think it was Hilta, something starting with an H.―Whose daughters?―Montini's...―Montini's Hulda! Elsa said in a frenzy, more to herself than to anyone else.
Declension
Huld a
Statistics
dvv_20250813 330 243 716 2
References
fi Biblical characters
German
Pronunciation
de De-Hulda.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
de proper noun
Huldah biblical figure
de female in the 19th century
de Biblical characters
Icelandic
Etymology
From is non Hulda secrecy, hiding, see is hulda.
Pronunciation
is ʏlta 2
is hulda
Proper noun
@@
is female
Declension
f
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
nb /¹hʉl.da/ [ˈhʉ̀l.dǎ]
nb ʉlda 2
nb Hul da
Etymology 1
nb ine-pro *ḱel- cover
the 1800's. nb Exact origin uncertain. A Nordic female given name, probably either formed from nb huld friendly, gracious, from Old Norse non hollr faithful, loyal, gracious, or derived from non hulda secrecy, hiding; something hidden. The latter is probably related to non hylja to cover, hide, from nb gem-pro *huljaną to cover, veil, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ine-pro *ḱel- cover to cover, hide.
The adjectival explanation ultimately goes back through Proto-Germanic gem-pro *hulþaz inclined, favourable; gracious, loyal to a homonymous Proto-Indo-European root ine-pro *ḱel- to lean, incline, bend.
Compare da Hulda, sv Hulda, is Hulda and fo Hulda female given names.
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb female Old Norse
nb Hulda kommer på besøk i morgen. Hulda is coming to visit tomorrow.
nb 1858 Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson Halte-Hulda Ja, tal du blot, du Hulda, så skal jeg høre om det træffer sammen. Yes, just speak, Hulda, and I shall see whether it agrees.
Usage notes
nb Hulda has its Norwegian name day on 7 July, shared with nb Håvard.
The Nordic origins are considered the most important for the use of the name in Norway. The name increased in popularity during the Nordic name revival in the latter half of the 19th century and reached its peak around 1900. Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson's play Halte-Hulda (1858) contributed to its cultural prominence.
Etymology 2
Ultimately from nb hbo חֻלְדָּה Huldah, the name of the biblical prophetess mentioned in 2 Kings 22:14–20 and 2 Chronicles 34:22–28.
The Biblical Hebrew name is traditionally analysed as a feminine formation related to hbo חֹלֶד weasel; small burrowing animal, from the root ח־ל־ד, associated with digging or burrowing. The precise animal denoted by the Biblical Hebrew word is uncertain and has variously been identified as a weasel, marten or mole-like animal; hence the name is conventionally interpreted as “weasel”. An alternative etymology connects the name with hbo חֶלֶד life span, duration of life, so its original literal meaning is not entirely certain.
The name appears as Ancient Greek grc Ὀλδά in the Septuagint and as Latin la Holda in the Vulgate. Martin Luther's German Bible uses de Hulda, the form subsequently widespread in Germanic biblical tradition.
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb female Biblical Hebrew Huldah
Huldah; a biblical prophetess in Jerusalem during the reign of King Josiah
nb Kongens menn gikk til profetinnen Hulda for å spørre henne til råds. The king's men went to the prophetess Huldah to ask her for advice.
nb traditional 2 Kong 2 Kings 22:14 Så gikk presten Hilkias og Akikam og Akbor og Safan og Asaja til profetinnen Hulda. Then the priest Hilkiah, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan and Asaiah went to the prophetess Huldah.
Statistics
According to Store norske leksikon, 234 women in Norway had nb Hulda as their sole or first given name in 2022.https://snl.no/Hulda_-_kvinnenamn Hulda – kvinnenamn Gulbrand Alhaug Store norske leksikon nn 28 May 2024 31 August 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260901102032/https://snl.no/Hulda_-_kvinnenamn 1 September 2026
References
https://snl.no/Hulda_-_kvinnenamn Hulda – kvinnenamn Gulbrand Alhaug Store norske leksikon nn 28 May 2024 31 August 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260901102032/https://snl.no/Hulda_-_kvinnenamn 1 September 2026
https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Hulda Hulda Nordic Names 31 August 2026
https://www.babyverden.no/navn/hulda/ Hulda Babyverden 31 August 2026
nb Biblical characters
Swedish
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Hulda.wav
Proper noun
c
Huldah biblical figure
sv female popular in the 19th century
sv Biblical characters