Entry № 4385 · Hebrew origin

Huldah Huldah — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ HUL-dah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
Meaning
"Weasel"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Hebrew Bible)

A name that means "weasel".

Huldah (חֻלְדָּה) is the Hebrew word for "weasel" — but the name belongs to one of seven prophetesses of the Hebrew Bible (2 Kings 22:14).

Huldah is widely used in observant Jewish families.

The Hebrew Bible prophetess. Consulted by King Josiah.

The name in its native script.

חֻלְדָּה
Transliteration
Ḥuldāh
Pronunciation
/ ˈhʌl.də /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Huldah stands.

Huldah does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Huldahs before her.

Real people
Huldah
Common in Jewish communities.
In fiction
Huldah
Prophetess of 2 Kings 22.
Hebrew Bible

Names connected to Huldah.

The number behind Huldah.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Huldah reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.