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Mathilda
	Seal of Empress Matilda, claimant to the English throne between 1141 and 1148
Pronunciation	[məˌtɪldə]
Gender	Feminine
Origin
Meaning	Mighty in battle
Other names
Related names	Matilde

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Matilda, also spelled Mathilda and Mathilde, is the English form of the Germanic female name Mahthildis, which derives from the Old High German "maht" (meaning "might and strength") and "hild" (meaning "battle").^[1]

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.^[2] The name has been increasing in popularity since and entered the top 500 for the first time since the 1930s in 2016. [1]

Translations

Mahthildis (Ancient Germanic)
Matylda, Tylda (Czech)
Mathilde, Tilde, Tille (Danish)
Mathilde, Machteld, Mechteld (Dutch)
Mathilda, Matilda, Matti, Mattie, Matty, Maud, Maude, Maudie, Tilda, Tilli, Tillie, Tilly (English)
Matilda (Finnish)
Mathilde, Mahault, Mahaud, Mahaut, Maheut (French)
Mathilde, Mechthild, Mechthildis, Mechtild, Mechtilde, Hilde, Tilde (German)
Mathilde (Μαθίλδη) (Greek)
Matilda (מטילדה) (Hebrew)
Matild (Hungarian)
Matthildur (Icelandic)
Maitilde (Irish)
Mafalda, Matelda, Matélda, Matilde (Italian)
Machiruda (マチルダ) (Japanese)
Matilda, Mathilda, Mathildis (Latin)
Mǣþhild (Old English)
Matylda (Polish)
Matilde (Portuguese)
Matilda (Romanian)
Matilda (Матильда) (Russian)
Matilde, Matilda (Spanish)

Saints

Matilda of Ringelheim (968)
Mechtildis of Edelstetten, Dießen, Andechs (1160)
Mechthild of Magdeburg (1282/1294)
Mechtilde of Hackeborn (1240/41 – 1298)

People

Empress Matilda or Empress Maud (1102–1167), Lady of the English, Queen of Germany, daughter of Henry I of England, mother of Henry II of England
Matilda, Countess of Angus (fl. 13th century), Scottish noblewoman
Matilda, Countess of Rethel (1091–1151), French noblewoman
Mathilda Berwald (1798–1877), Swedish royal court singer
Matilda Caragiu Marioțeanu (1927–2009), Romanian linguist
Matilda Carse (1835–1917), Irish-born American businesswoman, social reformer, publisher
Matilda Maranda Crawford (1844–1920), American-Canadian newspaper correspondent, writer, poet
Mathilda d'Orozco (1796–1863), Italian composer
Mathilda Enequist (1833–1898), Swedish opera singer
Mathilda Foy (1813–1869), Swedish philanthropist
Mathilda Gelhaar (1813–1889), Swedish opera singer
Mathilda Högberg (born 1994), Swedish social media influencer
Mathilda Linsén (1831–1872), Finnish educator
Mathilda May (born 1965), French film actress
Matilda McNamara (born 1998), Australian footballer
Matilda Newport, Liberian folk hero
Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony (1156–1189), Duchess of Saxony, daughter of Henry II of England
Matilda of Holstein (1220 or 1225–1288), Danish queen consort
Matilda of Savoy (1390–1498), Electress palatine
Mathilda Rotkirch (1813–1842), Finnish painter
Matilde Camus (1919–2012), Spanish poet
Matilda Coxe Stevenson (1855–1915, née Evans), American ethnologist and author
Matilda Cugler-Poni (1851–1931), Romanian poet
Matilda Etches (1898–1974), British fashion designer
Matilda Ehringhaus (1890–1980), First Lady of North Carolina
Matilda Lowther (b. 1995), British fashion model
Matilda Jane Sager (1839–1928), fifth of the Sager orphans
Matilda Joslyn Gage (1826–1898), American feminist and freethinker
Matilda of Boulogne (1104–1152), Queen of England, wife of Stephen of England
Matilda of Flanders (c. 1031–1083), Queen of England, wife of William I of England
Matilda of Habsburg (1253–1304), Duchess consort of Bavaria
Matilda of Ringelheim, (892–968), wife of Henry the Fowler, King of East Francia
Matilda of Savoy, Queen of Portugal (1125–1158), first Portuguese queen-consort
Matilda of Scotland (c. 1080–1118), birth name Edith, wife of Henry I of England
Matilda of Tuscany (1046–1114), Countess of Tuscany (also called Mathilde or Matilde of Canossa)
Matilda of Vianden, Lady of Požega (c. 1215 – after 1255), wife of John Angelos of Syrmia
Mechtilde Lichnowsky (1879–1958), German writer born Mechtilde Christiane Marie Gräfin von und zu Arco-Zinneberg
Mechtildis of Edelstetten or Mechtildis of Edelstetten (died 1160)
Mechthild of Magdeburg (c. 1207 – c. 1282/1294), Beguine and mystic
Mechtild of Nassau (before 1280 – 1323), Duchess consort of Bavaria
Mechtilde of the Blessed Sacrament (1614–1698), French nun and founder of order
Mechtild Rothe (born 1947), German politician
Mathilda Mélusine dei Principi Ruspoli (born 1994), Italian model and aristocrat
Matilda Simon, 3rd Baroness Simon of Wythenshawe (born 1955), British transgender peer
Queen Mathilde of Belgium (born 1973), wife of King Philippe of the Belgians
Tilda Swinton (born 1960), British actress, model and artist
Tilda Thamar (1921–1989), Argentine actress
Tilly Ramsay (born 2001), English television presenter, chef and social media influencer
Matilda Rose Ledger (born 2005), daughter of actor Heath Ledger and actress Michelle Williams

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 "Mattie" 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 (played by Natalie Portman), 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

References

^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). A Dictionary of First Names 2nd edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198610601.
^ "Social Security Administration". Archived from the original on 2 February 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2009.

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[ODFN-1] Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). A Dictionary of First Names 2nd edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198610601.

[2] "Social Security Administration". Archived from the original on 2 February 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2009.

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 '''Matilda''', also spelled '''Mathilda''' and '''Mathilde''', is the English form of the [[Germanic languages|Germanic]] female name ''Mahthildis'', which derives from the [[Old High German]] "[[wikt:maht|maht]]" (meaning "might and strength") and "[[wikt:hild|hild]]" (meaning "battle").<ref name=ODFN>{{cite book|first1=Patrick|last1=Hanks|first2=Kate|last2=Hardcastle|first3=Flavia|last3=Hodges|date=2006 |title=A Dictionary of First Names 2nd edn|location=Oxford |publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn= 9780198610601}}</ref>
-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&nbsp;years in the top 1,000 names as the 869th most popular name for baby girls born in 2008 in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/babyname.cgi |title=Social Security Administration |access-date=8 August 2009 |archive-date=2 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202070118/https://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/babyname.cgi |url-status=dead }}</ref>
+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&nbsp;years in the top 1,000 names as the 869th most popular name for baby girls born in 2008 in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/babyname.cgi |title=Social Security Administration |access-date=8 August 2009 |archive-date=2 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202070118/https://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/babyname.cgi |url-status=dead }}</ref> The name has been increasing in popularity since and entered the top 500 for the first time since the 1930s in 2016. [https://www.behindthename.com/name/matilda/top]
-==Translations==
+==[https://www.behindthename.com/name/matilda/top Translations]==
 *Mahthildis ([[Germanic peoples|Ancient Germanic]])
 *Matylda, Tylda ([[Czech language|Czech]])