Brünnhilde

Gender
Female (Feminine | Girl)
Usage/Origins
Meaning
Brünnhilde means "armored for battle" in Old Norse. It is derived from the words "brynn", which means armor, and "hildr", which means battle.
Popularity
Brünnhilde is not a very common name in the world. However, it is more popular in Germany and other German-speaking countries.

cartoon of the name Brünnhilde
Cartoon of Brünnhilde

Brünnhilde Name meanings & History

Brünnhilde means "armored for battle" in Old Norse. It is derived from the words "brynn", which means armor, and "hildr", which means battle. Form of Brünhild, used by Richard Wagner in 'Der Ring des Nibelungen'. Brünnhilde is primarily used as a feminine name.

Zodiac Sign of Brünnhilde: Beauty Taurus,Brains Libra

Synonyms of Brünnhilde:

B: Bountiful,Bashful,Beauty,Brains

R: Reason,Rational,Restless,Resourceful

U: Unity,Understanding,Undermining,Universality,Utopia

N: Nice,Neat,Nervous,Neurosis,Nagging,Nutrition,Nitpicking

H: Hope,Hyper,Heart's Desire,Hobnobbing,Haggle

I: Involved,Indulgence,Intimate

L: Luscious,Lazy,Lovely,Liaison,Lover,Languid,Legal

D: Daddy,Determined,Doting,Domestic,Demanding,Dutiful

E: Entertain,Enliven,Exaggerate,Expressive,Enlighten,Environment

Brünnhilde is:

  • a Comedic name
  • a Common name
  • a Informal name
  • a Rough name

Famous People

The most famous Brünnhilde is the character from Wagner's "Ring of the Nibelung". Other notable people with the name Brünnhilde include Brünnhilde Pomsel, a German secretary who worked for Joseph Goebbels during World War II, and Brünnhilde Hofer, an Austrian figure skater who competed in the 1960 Winter Olympics.

Related Names to Brünnhilde

Brunnhilde, Brynhildr, Brunhild, Brunhilde