Huldah
Hulda is a feminine given name derived from חולדה Chuldah or Huldah, a Hebrew word meaning weasel or mole. Huldah was a prophetess in the Old Testament Books of Kings and Chronicles. It can also derive from Norse mythology, where it is the name of a sorceress, meaning secrecy in Old Norse and sweet or lovable in Old Swedish. In the United States, its use has declined since the mid-1920s.
- Biblical
Meaning & Origin of Huldah
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Hulda is a feminine given name derived from חולדה Chuldah or Huldah, a Hebrew word meaning weasel or mole. Huldah was a prophetess in the Old Testament Books of Kings and Chronicles. It can also derive from Norse mythology, where it is the name of a sorceress, meaning secrecy in Old Norse and sweet or lovable in Old Swedish. In the United States, its use has declined since the mid-1920s.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Biblical
The Story of Huldah
American parents first put Huldah on the record books as a baby girl name in 1880, with 8 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1920, when 35 Huldahs were born — ranking #1,312 that year. The 1890s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 21% of all recorded Huldahs. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2023 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 856 Huldahs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Huldah
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Huldah. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Notable people named Huldah
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- Hulda Berger (1912–1951), American figure skater
- Hulda Crooks (1896–1997), American mountaineer
- Hulda Flood (1886–1968), Swedish politician
- Hulda Garborg (1862–1934), Norwegian writer
- Hulda Regina Graser (1870-1943), Canadian-born American customs house broker
- Hulda Guzmán (born 1984), Dominican figurative painter
- Hulda Lundin (1847–1921), Swedish tailor and educator
- Hulda Mellgren (1839–1918) Swedish industrialist
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Names that sound like Huldah
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About the name Huldah
Huldah is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 856 births in the dataset. Huldah's peak popularity came in 1920 when it ranked #1,312. Use the chart and map above to compare Huldah'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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