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The female name Hildegard derived from the Old High German words hild -LRB- = war or battle -RRB- and gard -LRB- = protection -RRB- and means `` protecting battle-maid '' .. female. female. derived. etymology. Old High German. Old High German. Variant spellings include Hildegarde .. The Polish , Portuguese , Slovene and Spanish version is Hildegarda ; the Italian version is Ildegarda .. Polish. Polish language. Portuguese. Portuguese language. Slovene. Slovene language. Spanish. Spanish language. Italian. Italian language. Hildegard is a Hungarian version .. Hungarian. Hungarian language. An ancient German version of the name was Hildegardis .. German version. Germanic peoples