Mechthild is a female Germanic given name. It is an old form of the first name Matilda and means "powerful in combat, powerful fighter".
Variants include Mechthilde, Mechthildis, Mechtild, Mechtilde or Mechtildis.
Mononym Mechtildis of Edelstetten (c. 1125–1160), abbess of Edelstetten, saint Mechthild of Schwarzburg-Käfernburg (d. 1192), countess of Holstein (c. 1155 – c. 1203), countess of Giessen (d. 1223), German abbess (d. 1254), German abbess, beatified (d. 1258), countess of Württemberg (c. 1223 – c. 1265), abbess of Buchau Abbey (d. 1268), German abbess Mechthild of Magdeburg (1207– c. 1282), medieval German mystic Mechthild of Holstein (1220/1225–1288), wife of Danish king Abel Mechthild of Sayn (c. 1203 – c. 1291), wife of Henry III, Count of Sayn Mechthild of Hackeborn (1241–1299), Cistercian and Christian mystic, saint (d. 1309), duchess of Cleves (d. 1316), German abbess Mechtild of Nassau (d. 1323), duchess of Bavaria (fl. 1352–1356), German abbess Mechtild of Guelders (d. 1384), duchess of Guelders (1392–1463), German abbess Mechthild of the Palatinate (1418–1482), princess and literary patron , duchess of Cleves , countess of Tecklenburg-Schwerin Mechthild of Bavaria (1532–1565), German noblewoman Mechtilde of the Blessed Sacrament (1614–1698), French nun
First name Mechthild (d. 1956), German romanist Mechthild Bach (b. 1963), German soprano (1949–2011), German internist (d. 1939), German writer (d. 1941), German pedagogue (d. 1929), Swiss textile restorer Mechthild Georg, German operatic mezzo-soprano (born 1948), German actress and dancer Mechthild Heil (born 1961), German politician (d. 1948), German sinologist (1906–1997), German painter (d. 1955), Austrian writer Mechthild Rawert (born 1957), German politician (d. 1958), German politician (1920–2014), German sculptor and painter (d. 1952), German linguist (d. 1958), German nun (1938–2017), German historian and folklorist Mechthildis of Austria (1891–1966), Habsburg princess
Mechthilde Mechthilde Wittmann (b. 1967), German lawyer and politician
Mechthildis Mechthildis Thein (1888–1959), German stage and film actress
Mechtild (d. 1960), German visual artist Mechtild Borrmann (b. 1960), German writer (d. 1955), German psychologist (d. 1943), German painter (d. 1961), German badminton player (d. 1952), German social scientist (1951–2018), German sociologist Mechtild Rössler (b. 1959), German feminist geographer Mechtild Rothe (b. 1947), German politician , German translator (1932–2010), German physician Mechtild Widrich, Austrian art historian
Mechtilde Mechtilde Lichnowsky (1879–1958), German author
Mechtildis (1782–1881), German philanthropist
See also 873 Mechthild, main-belt asteroid