Where does the last name "Hilderbrand" originate from?

[Evy2025]

Hey my last name is Hilderbrand it have a nether r in it so its not like your guys

[saxonwold]

Originally Posted by lolperson121

just curious

It is really German, but some Dutch-speaking families I know are called Hildebrand too.

[aliasfinn]

People in southern Missouri know the name of Hildebrand.
Sam Hildebrand killed about 100 men.

[ken hilderbrand]

My research indicated Hilt (sword) Brand (flame) or flaming sword is from warlike Saxon people called Longobardy (longbeards). They lived along the Elbe river in what is now Northern Germany. They spread all over Northern Europe and even south where they sacked Rome and ruled what is now Italy for hundreds of years (Lombardy in Nth Italy). Pope Gregory VII was a Hildebrand. My name is Hilderbrand, one of the many variations of Hiltebrand, Hillbrand Hildebrand, Hildebrandt, and so on. You will find reference to the Name from Denmark to Italy. Saxons invaded England but I found no such name in the London phone book circa 1990.

[hhwdavid]

"Hildebrand" in Germany








"Hildebrandt" in Germany

[ABQConvict]

I thought Hild, Hilde, Hilda meant 'battle', not hilt.

[Mightyqueen801]

I knew people named Hildebrandt, with the "t" at the end. They were of Dutch descent, I thought, since most people where I grew up were.

[Derekh]

My last name is hilderbrand. Living in Texas. I know zero information about my last name other than my grandfather Robert hilderbrand is from the Midwest.

[WestPreussen]

It is german last name. It is derived from name from germanic legend. It doesn't have to mean that person who has it has german ancestry. It is extremely numerous in Kashubia.

[Veritas Vincit]

It's a garden variety German surname. If it is indeed spelled "Hilderbrand", it's most likely the result of a spelling error or typo when the name was written down at some point in America as that spelling variation is extremely rare outside North America.