Hildegarde
Hildegarde is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.
- Verdict
- Female
- Confidence
- Medium (source weight 8 to 63; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- United States, Belgium, Austria
- US records 1880–2017
- 0 male / 2,326 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Hildegarde
If you do not know Hildegarde’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Hildegarde,” in English, “Guten Tag Hildegarde,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Ready-made greetings in six languages
English
Dear Hildegarde,
German
Guten Tag Hildegarde,
French
Bonjour Hildegarde,
Spanish
Estimado/a Hildegarde:
Chinese
Hildegarde您好：
Japanese
Hildegarde様
English
Hi Hildegarde,
German
Hi Hildegarde,
French
Salut Hildegarde,
Spanish
Hola Hildegarde,
Chinese
Hildegarde你好：
Japanese
Hildegardeさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually |
|---|---|---|
| United States | uncommon | woman's name |
| Belgium | rare | woman's name |
| Austria | rare | woman's name |
| Switzerland | rare | woman's name |
| France | rare | woman's name |
United States birth data
0 male · 2,326 female · 2,326 births recorded
Frequently asked questions
Is Hildegarde a male or female name?
Hildegarde is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
How do I address Hildegarde in an email?
If you do not know Hildegarde’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Hildegarde,” in English, “Guten Tag Hildegarde,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Is Hildegarde a unisex name?
Hildegarde is classified as generally female in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.
Related names
Sources
Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.
DearWho, "Is Hildegarde a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/hildegarde. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_hildegarde,
title = {Is Hildegarde a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/hildegarde},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}