# Brunhild (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/brunhild/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | German |
| Meaning | “breastplate”, “battle”, “fight” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbrʊn.hɪld/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Brunhilda, Brunhilde, Brünhilde, Brunnhilde, Brünnhilde, Brünnehilde, Brunhildr, Brynhild, Brynhildr |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From German Brunhilde, from Middle High German Briunhilde, from Old High German *Brunnīhilta, from Proto-West Germanic *Brunnjuhildi, from Proto-Germanic *Brunjōhildiz (from *brunjǭ (“breastplate”) + *hildiz (“battle, fight”)).

## What it means

Brunhild is grouped under warrior.

## In other languages

- French: Brunehaut, Brunehilde

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.