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[Opinions] Hilda
This name has grown on me lately. I think it's pretty. What do you all think of the name Hilda? Know any good combos for it?
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Hilda MayI was considering a Hilda post. My MIL's name is Hilda and she is such a lovely woman that the name first grew on me and now I like it. Her full name is Hilda Josephine - named after her grandmothers.My SIL is expecting her third child any day now and she is thinking of Hilda May/Hilda Mae if it's a girl, to join sisters Róise and Nóra. My MIL dislikes her name - so I don't know what her reaction would be. I think it's cute and Hildie would be a great nn.
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Well, I love Germanic names to start with. And I have good associations with this name -- Hilda was a kind old lady who sold my parents the house I grew up in. She was a first-generation German immigrant, and her son Henry lived next door to us. Beautiful family; wonderful people. So I may be biased, but I think it's a terrific name.
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I love it :]
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AwRumpole's wife, "She Who Must Be Obeyed," is Hilda. So I have a soft spot for the name. Plus, the nn Hildy / Hildie is cute, cute, cute. My mother's nn for my sister, Hilary Patricia, was "Hildy Mary." I don't know where the Mary came from. She just stuck it on the end and it works. Hilda Rosamund (one can never have enough heavy "d" sounds, I always say)
Hilda Marion
Hilda Glynis
Hilda Bridget
Hilda Marjorie / Margery / Margaret
Hilda Elspeth
Hilda Joan
Hilda Bryony
Hilda Josephine
Hilda Germaine
Hilda Romilly
Hilda Frances
Hilda Rosemary
Hilda Eugenia
Hilda GeorgineBy the way, may I compliment you on your screen name? Orsino has always had a fascination for me. Very "Twelfth Night." :-)

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Hmmm...I can't say I hear Hilda as "pretty", but I think she may have some charm as unexpected middle name. Looking at your list, maybe...Berenice Hilda
Constance Hilda
Eloise Hilda
Fantine Hilda
Genevieve Hilda
Josephine Hilda
Rosalie Hilda
Vivienne Hilda
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My MIL is Hilda Josephine!
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I don't like it. I don't like the sound. I'll try my hand at some combos anyway though.Hilda Marian
Hilda Florence
Hilda Constance
Hilda Catherine
Hilda Celeste
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Oh, no, I can't agree that Hilda is pretty. I don't like that "Hil" syllable. It's the reason that I dislike Hilary\Hillary. Then there's Hildegarde, but in that case, every one of the syllables are ugly, in addition to "Hil."
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