Matilda, also spelled Mathilda and Martilda, is the English and Latin form of the Germanic female name Mahthildis, which derives from the Old High German "maht" (meaning "might and strength") and "hild" (meaning "battle").
Translations Mahthildis (Ancient Germanic) Matylda, Tylda (Czech) Mathilde, Tilde, Tille (Danish) Mathilde, Machteld, Mechteld (Dutch) Mathilda, Matilda, Martilda, Marthilda, Matti, Mattie, Matty, Maud, Maude, Maudie, Tilda, Tilli, Tillie, Tilly (English) Matilda (Finnish) Martilda, Marty, Tilda, Thilda (Nigerian language) Mathilde, Martilde, Mahault, Mahaud, Mahaut, Maheut (French) Mathilde, Mechthild, Mechthildis, Mechtild, Mechtilde, Hilde, Tilde (German) Matthilde (Ματθίλδη) (Greek) Matilda (מטילדה) (Hebrew) Matild (Hungarian) Matthildur (Icelandic) Maitilde (Irish) Mafalda, Martelda, Matélda, Matilde (Italian) Machiruda () (Japanese) Matilda, Mathilda, Mathildis (Latin) Mǣþhild (Old English) Matylda (Polish) Matilde (Portuguese) Matilda (Romanian) Matilda (Матильда) (Russian) Matilde, Matilda, Marthilda (Spanish)
People
Mathilda Mathilda Berwald (1798–1877), Swedish royal court singer Mathilda Cajdos (1877–1909), Hungarian-American circus performer with the stage name Princess Nouma-Hawa 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 Mathilda Rotkirch (1813–1842), Finnish painter
Matilda
Matilda Algotsson (born 1998), Swedish figure skater
Matilda Black Bear (1947–2014), Lakota Sioux activist
Matilda Bickers, American artist, writer and sex worker rights activist
Matilda Ellen Bishop (1842–1913), British academic principal Matilda Bogdanoff (born 1990), Finnish hurdler Matilda Booker (1887–1957), African-American educator in Virginia
Matilda Moldenhauer Brooks (1888–1981), American cell biologist
Matilda Browne (1869–1947), American painter Matilda Auchincloss Brownell (1869–1966), American Impressionist painter and portraitist
Matilda Gilruth Carpenter (1831–1923), American activist Matilda Carse (1835–1917), Irish-born American businesswoman, social reformer, publisher
Matilda Cole, English musician and actress Matilda Maranda Crawford (1844–1920), American poet Matilda Cugler-Poni (1851–1931), Romanian poet
Matilda Ekholm (born 1982), Swedish table tennis player
Matilda of Flanders (–1083), wife of William the Conqueror Matilda of France (943–981/982), member of the Carolingian dynasty Matilda of Franconia ( – 1034), daughter of Emperor Conrad II Matilda of Frisia (died 1044), wife of Henry I, King of the Franks Matilda of Holstein (1220 or 1225–1288), Danish queen consort Matilda of Habsburg (1253–1304), Duchess consort of Bavaria Matilda of Požega ( – after 1255), daughter of Margaret de Courtenay, wife of John Angelos of Syrmia Matilda, Countess of Rethel (1091–1151), French noblewoman Matilda of Ringelheim (–968), or Saint Matilda, a Saxon noblewoman Matilda of Savoy, Queen of Portugal (1125–1158), first Portuguese queen-consort Matilda of Savoy (1390–1498), Electress Palatine 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 Carse (1835–1917), Irish-born American businesswoman, social reformer, publisher Matilda Maranda Crawford (1844–1920), American-Canadian newspaper correspondent, writer, poet Matilda Draper (born 2000}, English television personality Matilda Caragiu Marioțeanu (1927–2009), Romanian linguist Matilda McNamara (born 1998), Australian footballer Matilda Newport, Liberian folk hero 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 Firth (born 2014), English actress Matilda Freeman (born 2004), British actress Matilda Joslyn Gage (1826–1898), American feminist and freethinker Matilda Rose Ledger (born 2005), daughter of actor Heath Ledger and actress Michelle Williams Matilda Lowther (b. 1995), British fashion model Matilda Penne (died 1393), English businessperson of the fourteenth century Matilda Simon, 3rd Baroness Simon of Wythenshawe (born 1955), British transgender peer Matilda Wirtavuori (born 2000), Finnish beauty pageant winner
Tilda
Tilda Lindstam (born 1993), Swedish model
Tilda Norberg (born 1941), American minister, therapist and author
Fictional characters
Matilda Wormwood, in Roald Dahl's novel Matilda Matilda McDuck, a Disney character Matilda Hunter, in the Australian soap opera Home and Away Matilda Ajan, in Mobile Suit Gundam Matilda Ashby, character on the America soap opera The Young and the Restless
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