50%RatingSave Gender Feminine Usage Ancient Germanic (Latinized) [1] Meaning & History Derived from the Germanic elements fara "journey" and hild "battle". This was the name of an 8th-century saint from Ghent, Belgium. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details VariantFarohildisOther Languages & CulturesVeerle(Dutch) Categories ends in -is, saints, travel, war Sources & References Förstemann, Ernst. Altdeutsches Namenbuch. Bonn, 1900, page 497. Entry updated February 4, 2020 ·