Brunhild
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in German: from brun 'armor, protection' + hild 'battle'
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈbrʊnɪlt/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Brunhild is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 33K(inferred from the name graph)
- CHSwitzerland≈1 in 382K
- ATAustria≈1 in 518K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 70 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 33K (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,400 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from brun 'armor, protection' + hild 'battle'
Sources 1
- Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.
How Brunhild is read(measured from records)
Brunhild is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- German81%
from brun 'armor, protection' + hild 'battle'
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
A shieldmaiden and valkyrie in Germanic mythology, a main character in the Nibelungenlied, Völsunga saga, and some poems of the Poetic Edda.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
) Brunhild; Brunhilde; Brün- hild; Brunhild; Brünhilde: alter deutscher weiblicher Vom. (ahd. brunnia »Brünne,
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
- English11%
German legendary heroine
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Brunhild counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | — | ≈2,400 est. | ≈1 in 33K | listed | Brunhild | 70 |
| US United States | — | ≈76 est. | ≈1 in 4.4M | listed | Brunhild | 38 |
| FR France | — | ≈33 est. | ≈1 in 2.1M | listed | Brunhild | 45 |
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈31 est. | ≈1 in 1.8M | — | Brunhild | 6 |
| CH Switzerland | — | ≈22 est. | ≈1 in 382K | — | Brunhild | 8 |
| AT Austria | — | ≈17 est. | ≈1 in 518K | — | Brunhild | 12 |
| SE Sweden | — | ≈7 est. | ≈1 in 1.4M | — | Brunhild | 5 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 7 | 1 in 2.5M | 7 | Brunhild | 3 |
| BM Bermuda | #959 | — | — | — | Brunhild | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: the duden-vornamen-2007 register; the french-names-benoist-2009 register; Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Brunhild Wendelb. 1923DEGerman politician (1923-2009)
- Brunhild Decking-Schwillb. 1937DEGerman politician (1937–2023)
- Brunhild Kurthb. 1954DEGerman politician
- Brunhild FitzkeDEGerman association football player
- Brunhild FritzkeDEGerman association football player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 10 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 7 | #27,806 |
| DE Germany | DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen (2007) | — | — | — |
| FR France | Dictionary of French Prénoms (Benoist, 2009) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Brunhild mean, and where does it come from?
- from brun 'armor, protection' + hild 'battle' Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
- What are other forms of the name Brunhild?
- In the etymology graph, Brunhilde is a form of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Brunhild?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈbrʊnɪlt/ (IPA) for German.
- Is Brunhild a male or female name?
- Brunhild is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Brunhild have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.4 thousand people named Brunhild in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled brunhild.
- How common is the name Brunhild?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 7 people named Brunhild, about 1 in 2.5 million residents.
- How common is Brunhild compared with other names?
- In Bermuda, Brunhild is the 959th most common given name of 1,128 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Brunhild?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/brunhildThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Brunhild” — the 959th most common given name in Bermuda. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.