Hildebrand

Hildebrand is a character from Germanic legend. Hildebrand is the modern German form of the name: in Old High German it is Hiltibrant and in Old Norse Hildibrandr. The word hild means "battle" and brand means "sword". The name itself is very likely of Langobard origin.
He is associated with the cycle of legends about Theodoric the Great, called Dietrich in German, to whom he is a companion. Hildebrand figures in three famous songs: in the Old High German Hildebrandslied, the Middle High German Nibelungenlied, and in the Old Norse song "Hildebrand's Death" in Ásmundar saga kappabana (called Hildibrandr). He also appears as Hildiger in Gesta Danorum, and in the late medieval Jüngeres Hildebrandslied.
In the Nibelungenlied, he is the armourer, brother-in-arms, and fatherly friend of Dietrich von Bern. Hildebrand kills Kriemhild, after she orders her brother's death and then kills Hagen herself.
In the Hildebrandslied, which is older, Hildebrand fights his own son Hadubrand. In fact Hildebrand became Dietrich's armourer, because he had to leave his home, he left his wife and his son. 30 years later, Hildebrand returns. His son Hadubrand is now ruling over his land, he is leading his army against the supposed invasion. As is customary, the two leaders meet between the armies. They start to list their family tree, in order to prevent themselves from killing a relative. Hadubrand says that he is "Hadubrand Hildebrand's son", but he was told that Hildebrand died, and he thinks that the fighter before him is using Hildebrand's name to deceive him. In fact, the ending in the original text has been lost, but the legends and the third song tell the end of the story. Hildebrand has to kill his son otherwise he would be killed by him; he has pictures of all the warriors he killed on his red shield, and his son's picture is added to the others.
The Scandinavian song "Hildebrand's death" tell how Hildebrand fights against his half-brother. He is wounded fatally by him and the shield with the picture of his son falls near to his head on the ground. He begs his half-brother to cover his body, and to bury him properly.
Although associated with historical characters from the 5th and 6th centuries, Theodoric and Odoacer, Hildebrand himself has not been identified as a historical personage.

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Germanic masc. proper name, Old High German Hildibrand, literally "battle-sword;" for first element see Hilda; for second element see brand (n.). The name of Gregory VII before he was pope (1073-85).

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Battle sword. Combine of hild (strife, battle) and brand (sword, fire).

Hillebrandt

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Brianna Hildebrand	1996	American film actor, actor and television actor
2	Madison Hildebrand	1980	American television personality
3	Philipp Hildebrand	1963	Swiss banker
4	Timo Hildebrand	1979	German footballer
5	Brian Hildebrand	1962	American professional wrestler
6	Dietrich von Hildebrand	1889	German Catholic philosopher and theologian
7	Jeffrey Hildebrand	1959	Businessperson
8	J. R. Hildebrand	1988	American racing driver
9	Hildebrand Gurlitt	1895	German art dealer and historian
10	Dan Hildebrand		Actor
11	Alice von Hildebrand	1923	Belgian philosopher
12	Staffan Hildebrand	1946
13	Kristin Hildebrand	1985	American volleyball player
14	Aaron Hildebrand	1980	German actor
15	Stefanie Hildebrand	1987	German biathlete
16	Hildebrand Veckinchusen	1365
17	Joel Henry Hildebrand	1881	American chemist
18	Steve Hildebrand		Democratic political strategist
19	Adolf von Hildebrand	1847	German sculptor
20	Franziska Hildebrand	1987	German biathlete
21	Bruno Hildebrand	1812	German economist
22	Jake Hildebrand	1993
23	Hilde Hildebrand	1897	German theater and film actress and singer
24	Francis B. Hildebrand	1915	American mathematician
25	Martín von Hildebrand	1943	American ethnologist
26	Oral Hildebrand	1907	Major League Baseball pitcher
27	Charles Franklin Hildebrand	1893	Journalist
28	George Hildebrand	1878	American baseball player
29	Hildebrand Oakes	1754	British general
30	Gert Hildebrand	1953
31	Karl-Gustaf Hildebrand	1911	Swedish writer
32	Christian Hildebrand	1985	German handball player
33	Specs Hildebrand	1950	Dutch singer
34	Nadine Hildebrand	1987	German hurdler
35	Tonio Hildebrand	1930	Dutch racing driver (1930-2005)
36	Pia Hildebrand	1991	German handball player
37	Anton Hildebrand	1907	Dutch writer (1907-1977)
38	Ike Hildebrand	1927	Canadian ice hockey player
39	Bror Emil Hildebrand	1806	Swedish archaeologist
40	Hildebrand Diehl	1939	German politician
41	Walter Hildebrand	1941	Austrian architect
42	Siegfried Hildebrand	1904	German engineer and scientist
43	David K. Hildebrand		American historian and music historian
44	Grant Hildebrand		American architectural historian
45	Lloyd Hildebrand	1870	British racing cyclist, competitor for France
46	Billy Hildebrand	1924	American football player and coach
47	Samuel Frederick Hildebrand	1883	American
48	Hildebrand Gregori	1894	Benedictine abbot and founder
49	Hildebrand Jacob	1692	English poet
50	Hildebrand Harmsworth
51	Emil Hildebrand	1848	Swedish translator
52	Henry Hildebrand	1911	Canadian academic administrator
53	J. B. Hildebrand		American college football coach
54	Peter E. Hildebrand		American academic
55	Hildebrand Bijleveld	1965	Dutch journalist
56	Ernst Hildebrand	1918	Composer and musician
57	Hildebrand Kracht	1573
58	Johann Hildebrand	1614	German composer
59	Gerold Hildebrand	1955	German writer
60	Hildebrand Dezső Várkonyi	1888	Hungarian psychologist
61	Max Hildebrand	1839	German entrepreneur
62	Gerhard Hildebrand	1877	German politician
63	Tyler Hildebrand	1984
64	Hildebrand Horden		British actor
65	Günther Hildebrand	1949	German politician
66	Hildebrand Alfred Beresford Harmsworth, 2nd Baronet
67	Hildebrand		Bishop
68	Daniel Hildebrand	1977	Swiss musician
69	Tynes Hildebrand		American basketball coach and administrator
70	Johann Wilhelm Edler von Hildebrand	1709
71	Hildebrand Alington, 5th Baron Alington
72	Alexander Hildebrand	1921
73	Hildebrand Christoph Hardenberg	1621
74	Karl Hildebrand	1846	German philologist
75	Gustav Hildebrand	1925	German journalist
76	Jürgen Hildebrand	1948	German handball player
77	Palmer Hildebrand	1884	Major League Baseball catcher
78	Albin Hildebrand	1844
79	Rudolf Hildebrand	1886	Austrian architect
80	Klaus Hildebrand	1954	German entrepreneur
81	Birgit Hildebrand	1944	German translator
82	Lea Hildebrand	1988	German volleyball player
83	Michael Hildebrand	1433
84	Friedrich Hermann Gustav Hildebrand	1835	German botanist
85	Bengt Hildebrand	1893	Swedish historian and genealogist
86	Heinrich Hildebrand	1866	German medical laboratory scientist and university teacher (1866-1940)
87	Joachim Hildebrand	1623	German theologian
88	Hildebrand von Möhren	1300
89	Margret Hildebrand	1917
90	Cor Hildebrand	1951	Dutch association football player
91	Sarah Hildebrand	1978	Swiss visual artist
92	Josef Hildebrand	1895	Czechoslovak fencer
93	Hildebrand Richard Teirich	1907	Austrian psychotherapist
94	Robert Hildebrand	1830	German politician and jurist
95	Hildebrand Elwell
96	Søren Hildebrand	1962
97	Georg Friedrich Julius Hildebrand	1804	German theologian
98	Hildebrand Giseler Rumann	1568
99	Adolf Hildebrand	1835	German author
100	Joe Hildebrand	1956	American ultramarathon runner
101	Edith Hildebrand		Swiss alpine skier
102	Hildebrand van der Aa
103	Hildebrand Hildebrandsson	1791
104	Guilherme Alfredo Oscar Hildebrand
105	John Hildebrand
106	Otto Hildebrand	1858	German surgeon
107	Ildebrando de Hemptinne	1849
108	Christoph Hildebrand	1959	German artist
109	Hermann Christian Ferdinand Hildebrand	1849
110	Hans Hildebrand	1940	Dutch puppeteer, illusionist, clown, and ventriloquist
111	Semen Glusanok	1987	German ice hockey player
112	Diane Hildebrand
113	Weyler Hildebrand	1890	Swedish actor
114	István Hildebrand	1928
115	Hermann Hildebrand	1919	German politician
116	Franz Hildebrand	1842
117	Hildebrand von Lenthe
118	Hildebrand Schröder	1839
119	Nicole Hildebrand