What is the meaning of the name Hilda and what Teutonic name it is derived from?

Question

I think it was the name of a character in a german opera

Answer 1

Its menaing is "battle maiden" and is derived from Old German. Its variants are Hilde, Hildie, Hildy and Hylda; it is related to Brunhilda and Hildegarde.
It is a common given name and a rare surname.

Answer 2

Hilda
English, German, Dutch, and Scandinavian: of Germanic origin, a Latinized short form of any of several female names containing the element hild battle (e.g. Hildegard). Many of these are found in both Continental Germanic and Old English forms. St Hilda (614–80) was a Northumbrian princess who founded the abbey at Whitby and became its abbess. Hilda was a popular name in England both before and after the Norman Conquest. Its popularity waned in Tudor times, but it never quite died out, and was strongly revived in the 19th century. Variants: English: Hylda. German: Hilde.

Cognate: Hungarian: Ildikó.

Masculine forms: Dutch: Hild, Hildo.

Answer 3

In the French opera "Siguid" (1885) by Ernest Reyer, a character named Hilda, souer de Gunther, is listed as a mezzo-soprano. Reyer, in turn, based his opera on Richard Wagner's Ring des Nibelungen, when Brunnhilde is played by a soprano. In Norse mythology, she is a shield maiden and a Valkyrie. She is also a main character in the Volsunga Saga and some Eddic poems.

Answer 4

the Teutonic translation of the name Hilda means: Battle - Maiden (it is only for girls)