German and Dutch: from a short form of Hildebrand or
other compound names with the same initial element, hild
‘strife’, ‘battle’.English: from the medieval female personal
name Hilda (Old English Hild), representing a short form
of compound names with the first element hild ‘strife’,
‘battle’. Compare Hilliard, for example.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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