Hulda
See also: hulda
Danish
editEtymology
editThe 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
editHulda
- Huldah (biblical figure)
- a female given name popular in the 19th century
Faroese
editProper noun
editHulda f
- a female given name
Usage notes
editMatronymics
- son of Hulda: Hulduson
- daughter of Huldu: Huldudóttir
Declension
editsingular | |
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indefinite | |
nominative | Hulda |
accusative | Huldu |
dative | Huldu |
genitive | Huldu |
Finnish
editEtymology
editOf Biblical Hebrew origin, and from Swedish Hulda.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editHulda
- 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
editInflection 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 Huldain rare | |
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
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Proper noun
editHulda
- Huldah (biblical figure)
- a female given name, popular in the 19th century
Icelandic
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editHulda f (proper noun, genitive singular Huldu)
- a female given name
Declension
editNorwegian
editProper noun
editHulda
- Huldah (biblical figure)
- a female given name popular in the 19th century
Swedish
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Proper noun
editHulda c (genitive Huldas)
- Huldah (biblical figure)
- a female given name popular in the 19th century
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