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Hildegard
Hildegard Hildegard is above all the name of Hildegard of Bingen — one of history's most astonishing minds, combining visionary mysticism with practical governance, musical genius, and scientific observation. Characters named Hildegard tend to be extraordinary polymaths whose inner vision exceeds what the world around them can fully accommodate. The name suits the wise woman, the abbess, the seer, and the intellectual whose gifts place her beyond the reach of ordinary categories.
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Germanic · “A Germanic feminine name composed of "ger" meaning "spear" and "þrúðr" meaning "strength" — thus "spear-strength" or "the strength of the spear". The name was borne by Saint Gertrude of Nivelles (626–659), the patron of travellers and gardeners, and Saint Gertrude the Great (1256–c.1302), the mystical theologian. Its literary association is dominated by Gertrude, Queen of Denmark in Shakespeare's Hamlet.”
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Adelheid
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