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in reply to a message by Kara K
my mothers and grandmothers name was Exilda and is my first name on birth certificate...we are French Canadians...mothers family name Pilotte. I am trying to find out where the name originated from../what country?
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Someone suggested Spanish, on which case it was probably originally pronounced Ekhild (x in Spanish represented the aspirated k/hard h sound before more recent spelling reforms), probably from Hispano-Germanic and meaning "edge+battle" (although originally distinct protothemes meaning "property" and "awe" have become homographs)
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