Matilda (name)
Matilda, also spelled “Martilda” Contemporary versionMathilda and Mathilde, is the English form of the Germanic female name Mahthildis, which derives from the Old High German "maht" and "hild".
The name was most popular in the United States between 1880 and 1910, when it was among the top 200 names given to girls. It left the top 1,000 names in the United States by 1964, but reappeared for the first time in 44 years in the top 1,000 names as the 869th most popular name for baby girls born in 2008 in the United States. Today many go with Martilda, Matilda, Mathilda, Matilde,
Marthilda, Marthildis, which ever one is the preferred choice but all have the same original meaning.
Translations
- Mahthildis
- Matylda, Tylda
- Mathilde, Tilde, Tille
- Mathilde, Machteld, Mechteld
- Mathilda, Matilda, Martilda, Marthilda, Matti, Mattie, Matty, Maud, Maude, Maudie, Tilda, Tilli, Tillie, Tilly
- Matilda
- Martilda, Marty, Tilda, Thilda
- Mathilde, Martilde, Mahault, Mahaud, Mahaut, Maheut
- Mathilde, Mechthild, Mechthildis, Mechtild, Mechtilde, Hilde, Tilde
- Matthilde
- Matilda
- Matild
- Matthildur
- Maitilde
- Mafalda, Martelda, Matélda, Matilde
- Machiruda
- Matilda, Mathilda, Mathildis
- Mǣþhild
- Matylda
- Matilde
- Matilda
- Matilda
- Matilde, Matilda, Marthilda
Saints
- Matilda of Ringelheim
- Mechtildis of Edelstetten, Dießen, Andechs
- Mechthild of Magdeburg
- Mechtilde of Hackeborn
People
- Empress Matilda or Empress Maud, Lady of the English, Queen of Germany, daughter of Henry I of England, mother of Henry II of England
- Matilda, Countess of Angus, Scottish noblewoman
- Matilda, Countess of Rethel, French noblewoman
- Mathilda Berwald, Swedish royal court singer
- Mathilda Cajdos, Hungarian-American circus performer with the stage name Princess Nouma-Hawa
- Matilda Caragiu Marioțeanu, Romanian linguist
- Matilda Carse, Irish-born American businesswoman, social reformer, publisher
- Matilda Maranda Crawford, American-Canadian newspaper correspondent, writer, poet
- Mathilda d'Orozco, Italian composer
- Mathilda Enequist, Swedish opera singer
- Mathilda Foy, Swedish philanthropist
- Mathilda Gelhaar, Swedish opera singer
- Mathilda Högberg, Swedish social media influencer
- Mathilda Linsén, Finnish educator
- Mathilda May, French film actress
- Matilda McNamara, Australian footballer
- Matilda Newport, Liberian folk hero
- Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony, Duchess of Saxony, daughter of Henry II of England
- Matilda of Holstein, Danish queen consort
- Matilda of Savoy, Electress palatine
- Mathilda Rotkirch, Finnish painter
- Matilde Camus, Spanish poet
- Matilda Coxe Stevenson, American ethnologist and author
- Matilda Cugler-Poni, Romanian poet
- Matilda Etches, British fashion designer
- Matilda Ehringhaus, First Lady of North Carolina
- Matilda Freeman, British actress
- Matilda Lowther, British fashion model
- Matilda Jane Sager, fifth of the Sager orphans
- Matilda Joslyn Gage, American feminist and freethinker
- Matilda of Boulogne, Queen of England, wife of Stephen of England
- Matilda of Flanders, Queen of England, wife of William I of England
- Matilda of Habsburg, Duchess consort of Bavaria
- Matilda of Ringelheim,, wife of Henry the Fowler, King of East Francia
- Matilda of Savoy, Queen of Portugal, first Portuguese queen-consort
- Matilda of Scotland, birth name Edith, wife of Henry I of England
- Matilda of Tuscany, Countess of Tuscany
- Matilda of Požega, daughter of Margaret de Courtenay, wife of John Angelos of Syrmia
- Mechtilde Lichnowsky, German writer born Mechtilde Christiane Marie Gräfin von und zu Arco-Zinneberg
- Mechtildis of Edelstetten or Mechtildis of Edelstetten
- Mechthild of Magdeburg, Beguine and mystic
- Mechtild of Nassau, Duchess consort of Bavaria
- Mechtilde of the Blessed Sacrament, French nun and founder of order
- Matilda Penne, English businessperson of the fourteenth century
- Mechtild Rothe, German politician
- Mathilda Mélusine dei Principi Ruspoli, Italian model and aristocrat
- Matilda Simon, 3rd Baroness Simon of Wythenshawe, British transgender peer
- Queen Mathilde of Belgium, wife of King Philippe of the Belgians
- Tilda Swinton, British actress, model and artist
- Tilda Thamar, Argentine actress
- Tilly Keeper, English actress
- Tilly Ramsay, English television presenter, chef and social media influencer
- Matilda Rose Ledger, daughter of actor Heath Ledger and actress Michelle Williams
- Matilda Wirtavuori, Finnish beauty pageant winner
Fictional characters
- Matilda Wormwood, a main character in Roald Dahl's novel Matilda
- Matilda de Villanegas, a fictional character in Matthew Lewis' The Monk
- Matilda, a fictional character from the anime/manga Strike Witches
- Mathilda, a fictional character at the end of Purgatorio of Dante's Divine Comedy
- Mathilda McCann, a fictional character played by Alana Austin in the Steve Martin movie A Simple Twist of Fate
- Matilda McDuck, a Disney character who is Scrooge McDuck's sister and Donald Duck's maternal aunt
- Matilda Hunter, a fictional character from the popular Australian soap opera Home and Away, played by Indiana Evans
- Matilda, Cranky Doodle Donkey’s love interest in My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
- A fictional character in the Gothic novel The Castle of Otranto, daughter of Manfred
- Matilda Ajan, in Mobile Suit Gundam
- A fictional character representing Protestantism in Heinrich Heine's "The City of Lucca" and "The Baths of Lucca"
- Mathilda Lando, Leon's apprentice and companion in Luc Besson's Léon
- Tilly, French-speaking character in the pre-school children's TV show Tots TV
- Matilda Ashby, character on the America soap opera The Young and the Restless
- Matilda Román, main antagonist from the Latin American TV series Grachi
- Matilda "Matty" Jenkyns, from Elizabeth Gaskell's novel Cranford, portrayed by Judi Dench in the TV series of the same title
- Matilda, the hen in the Angry Birds franchise
- Matilda Bradbury, the real name of Laudna in the third campaign of the DND live-show Critical Role
- Mathilde Satterwhite, a main character in Lauren Groff's novel ''Fates and Furies''