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Brunhilde is a German feminine given name, derived from a combination of the Germanic word elements brun, or armor, and hild, or battle. The Valkyrie Brunhild is a heroine of Germanic heroic legend.
Variants in regular use include the Albanian, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Brunilda and Brunilde; the Norwegian Brynhild; and the Icelandic Brynhildur.
Brunhilde was in regular use for girls in Germany from the late 19th century through the 1960s, a time period when romantic German nationalism was in vogue and the names of idealized heroines such as Brunhild from Germanic heroic legend became more popular. Brünhild was also a character in Richard Wagner's four-part opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen, which became popular world-wide in the late 1800s.
Brunhilde
Brunhilde Baßler, German former pair skater
Brunhilde Hanke (1930–2024), German politician
Brunhilde Hendrix (1938–1995), West German track and field athlete and Olympian
Brunhilde Irber (born 1948), German politician
Brunhilde Nauer (born 1959), German politician
Brunhilde Pomsel (1911–2017), German personal secretary to Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels
Brunhilde Sonntag (1936–2002), German composer, musicologist and music teacher
Brunhilda
Brunhilda of Austrasia (c. 543–613), queen consort of Austrasia
Brunilda
Brunilda Ruiz (1936–2019), Puerto Rican ballet dancer, teacher, and choreographer
Brunilde
Brunilde Bianchi (born 1964), Italian ice dancing coach, choreographer, and former competitor
Brunilde Ridgway (1929–2024), Italian-born American archaeologist and specialist in ancient Greek sculpture
See also
Brunild Pepa (born 1990), Albanian footballer