Hulda
See also: hulda
Danish edit
Etymology edit
The name occurs in the Bible, but in Scandinavia it became popular through a 19th century ballad, and is usually associated with the adjective huld (“gentle, graceful”), cognate to German hold.
Proper noun edit
Hulda
- Huldah (biblical figure)
- a female given name popular in the 19th century
Faroese edit
Proper noun edit
Hulda f
- a female given name
Usage notes edit
Matronymics
- son of Hulda: Hulduson
- daughter of Huldu: Huldudóttir
Declension edit
Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Hulda |
Accusative | Huldu |
Dative | Huldu |
Genitive | Huldu |
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Of Biblical Hebrew origin, and from Swedish Hulda.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Hulda
- Huldah (biblical figure)
- 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.
- a female given name popular in the 19th century
- 1894, Teuvo Pakkala, Kaksi viatonta päivää, SKS (1995), →ISBN, page 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.
- ―Aappo did say a name, it was...let me think...I don't think it was Hilta, something starting with an H.
Declension edit
Inflection of Hulda (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Hulda | Huldat | ||
genitive | Huldan | Huldien | ||
partitive | Huldaa | Huldia | ||
illative | Huldaan | Huldiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Hulda | Huldat | ||
accusative | nom. | Hulda | Huldat | |
gen. | Huldan | |||
genitive | Huldan | Huldien Huldainrare | ||
partitive | Huldaa | Huldia | ||
inessive | Huldassa | Huldissa | ||
elative | Huldasta | Huldista | ||
illative | Huldaan | Huldiin | ||
adessive | Huldalla | Huldilla | ||
ablative | Huldalta | Huldilta | ||
allative | Huldalle | Huldille | ||
essive | Huldana | Huldina | ||
translative | Huldaksi | Huldiksi | ||
abessive | Huldatta | Hulditta | ||
instructive | — | Huldin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics edit
- Hulda is the 721st most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 315 female individuals (and as a middle name to 231 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
German edit
Pronunciation edit
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Proper noun edit
Hulda
- Huldah (biblical figure)
- a female given name, popular in the 19th century
Icelandic edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Hulda f
- a female given name
Declension edit
Norwegian edit
Proper noun edit
Hulda
- Huldah (biblical figure)
- a female given name popular in the 19th century
Swedish edit
Pronunciation edit
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Proper noun edit
Hulda c (genitive Huldas)
- Huldah (biblical figure)
- a female given name popular in the 19th century