Walburga
Walpurga or Walburga was an Anglo-Saxon missionary to the Frankish Empire. She was canonized on 1 May c. 870 by Pope Adrian II. Saint Walpurgis Night is the name for the eve of her feast day in the Medieval period, which coincided with May Day; her feast is no longer celebrated on that day but the name is still used for May Eve.
- German
Meaning & Origin of Walburga
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Walpurga or Walburga was an Anglo-Saxon missionary to the Frankish Empire. She was canonized on 1 May c. 870 by Pope Adrian II. Saint Walpurgis Night is the name for the eve of her feast day in the Medieval period, which coincided with May Day; her feast is no longer celebrated on that day but the name is still used for May Eve.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- German
The Story of Walburga
American parents first put Walburga on the record books as a baby girl name in 1893, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1918, when 9 Walburgas were born — ranking #3,244 that year. About 45% of every Walburga on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Walburga last appeared in the published SSA data in 1925, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 80 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1890s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Walburga
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- Walpurga
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About the name Walburga
Walburga is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1893 and has accumulated 80 births in the dataset. Walburga's peak popularity came in 1918 when it ranked #3,244. Use the chart and map above to compare Walburga'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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