Alvilda
According to the Gesta Danorum, Alfhild, daughter of the Geatish king Siward, was a shieldmaiden who had her own fleet of longships with crews of young female pirates and raided along the coasts of the Baltic Sea.
- Danish
Meaning & Origin of Alvilda
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
According to the Gesta Danorum, Alfhild, daughter of the Geatish king Siward, was a shieldmaiden who had her own fleet of longships with crews of young female pirates and raided along the coasts of the Baltic Sea.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Danish
The Story of Alvilda
Alvilda first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1912, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1916: 12 births, good for #2,498 nationwide. About 56% of every Alvilda on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Alvilda last appeared in the published SSA data in 1927, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 123 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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About the name Alvilda
Alvilda is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1912 and has accumulated 123 births in the dataset. Alvilda's peak popularity came in 1916 when it ranked #2,498. Use the chart and map above to compare Alvilda's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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