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The name St Kilda is misleading as it does not apply to any one island and there never was a saint called Kilda. The confusion perhaps arose because of references to St Kilda in late 16th century charts. This may be a corruption of the Old Norse word ‘Skildir’ meaning shields, which possibly referred to the shape of th islands when viewed from a distance at sea.
