Matilda

Mathilda (sometimes spelled Matilda) is a female name, of Germanic Gothic derivation, derived from words corresponding to Old High German "maht" (meaning "might, strength") and "hild" (meaning "battle").
The name is currently popular in Scandinavian countries. Mathilde appeared among the top 10 most popular names for girls born in Denmark in 2008 and the name was also well-used in Norway, Sweden and Finland. It is also currently rising in popularity in other European countries, including in France, the United Kingdom and in other English-speaking countries.
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.

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Fem. proper name, from French Mathilde, of Germanic origin, literally "mighty in battle;" compare Old High German Mahthilda, from mahti "might, power" + hildi "battle," from Proto-Germanic *hildiz "battle" (see Hilda). The name also was late 19c. Australian slang for "a traveler's bundle or swag," hence the expression waltzing Matilda "to travel on foot" (by 1889). In my electorate nearly every man you meet who is not "waltzing Matilda" rides a bicycle. ["Parliamentary Debates," Australia, 1907] The lyrics of the song of that name, sometimes called the unofficial Australian national anthem, are said to date to 1893.

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Powerful battler.

Mathilde, Mechtild, Matilde

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Empress Matilda	1102	Daughter of King Henry I of England, wife of Holy Roman Emperor Henry V
2	Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz	1992	Italian actor
3	Matilda of Flanders	1031	Wife of William the Conqueror and Queen consort of the Kingdom of England
4	Matilda Ziegler	1964	British actress
5	Matilda of Scotland	1080	Queen consort of England
6	Matilda Brown	1987	Australian actress, film director
7	Matilda Rapaport	1986	Extreme skier
8	Matilda of Tuscany	1046	Italian noblewoman
9	Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony	1156	English princess
10	Matilda Ramsay
11	Matilda of Ringelheim	0895	German queen consort and duchess consort of Saxony
12	Matilda Joslyn Gage	1826	American abolitionist, writer
13	Matilda of Boulogne	1103	Countess of Boulogne and Queen Consort of England
14	Matilda Hunter		Fictional human
15	Matilda Dodge Wilson	1883	American politician
16	Matilda Sturridge	1988	British actress
17	Matilda FitzRoy, Countess of Perche
18	Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones	1868	Singer
19	Matilda of Hainaut	1293	Princess of Achaea
20	Matilda Thorpe	1960	British actress
21	Matilda of Anjou	1101	Duchess of Normandy; later an abbess
22	Matilda of France	0943	Queen of Burgundy
23	Matilda Merkel	1990	German actress
24	Matilda Pascal Cojocărița	1958
25	Matilda of Carinthia		Maternal grandmother of Philip II of France
26	Matilda of Frisia	1024	Frankish Queen consort
27	Matilda II, Countess of Boulogne	1202	Midieval princess and queen-consort
28	Matilda of Habsburg	1253	German noble
29	Matilda of Swabia	1000
30	Matilda Román
31	Matilda Sofia Svensson	1977	Swedish journalist
32	Matilda of Brabant, Countess of Artois	1224	Flemish noblewoman
33	Matilda FitzRoy, Duchess of Brittany		Illegitimate Daughter of Henry I
34	Matilda of Germany, Countess Palatine of Lotharingia	0979	German noblewoman
35	Maud of Savoy	1125	Queen consort of Portugal
36	Matilda FitzRoy, Abbess of Montvilliers		Illegitimate daughter of Henry I
37	Matilda Ragnerstam	1987	Swedish actress
38	Matilda of Chester, Countess of Huntingdon	1171	Scottish countess
39	Matilda Kerry	1981	Nigerian doctor
40	Matilda of Brabant, Countess of Holland	1200	Countess of Holland
41	Matilda Howell	1859	Archer
42	Matilda Hays	1820	British journalist, translator
43	Matilda Jane Evans	1827	Australian novelist
44	Matilda Ekholm	1982	Swedish table tennis player
45	Mathilde van Savoye	1390	Electress Palatine
46	Matilda of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg	1210	German duchess
47	Matilda Coxe Stevenson	1849	Ethnologist
48	Matilda Beatrice deMille
49	Matilda of Holstein		Queen of Denmark
50	Matilda Evans	1872	African-American physican in South Carolina
51	Matilda of Flanders, Duchess of Brabant	1170	Duchess of Brabant
52	Matilda of Béthune	1220	Countess consort of Flanders
53	Matilda Chaplin Ayrton	1846	English midwife and physician
54	Matilda of Franconia	1027	Fiancée of King Henry I of France
55	Matilda Amissah-Arthur		Librarian, stateswoman
56	Matilda White Riley	1911	American gerontologist
57	Matilda of Bavaria, Margravine of Meissen	1313	Oldest daughter of emperor Louis IV.
58	Matilda Betham-Edwards	1836	English novelist, travel writer, poet and children's writer
59	Matilda Browne	1869	American painter
60	Matilda Mecini	1988	Albanian model
61	Matilda Smith	1854	Botanical illustrator
62	Matilda J. Clerk
63	Matilda House	1945	Elder
64	Matilda II	1234	Countess of Nevers
65	Matilda of Brunswick-Lüneburg	1276	Duchess of Glogów
66	Matilda Algotsson	1998
67	Tao Ching-Ying	1969	Taiwanese singer and television personality
68	Matilda Koen-Sarano	1939	Israeli writer
69	Matilda McDuck		Disney character
70	Matilda Newport
71	Matilda Obaseki		Television actress
72	Matilda Moldenhauer Brooks	1888	American cell biologist
73	Matilda of Andechs		Austrian noblewoman
74	Matilda Ellen Bishop	1842	British academic
75	Matilda de Braose
76	Matilda Cullen Knowles	1864	Irish botanist
77	Matilda of Brandenburg, Duchess of Poland	1270	Polish duchess
78	Mathilde of Hesse	1473	German noblewoman
79	Matilda Carse	1835	American activist
80	Matilda Ridout Edgar	1844	Canadian historian (1844-1910)
81	Matilda Heron	1830	American actress
82	Matilda Mackarness	1825	English children's writer
83	Matilda Ernkrans	1973	Swedish politician
84	Matilda Lo Keong	1856	Storekeeper, homemaker, community worker
85	Matilda of Amboise
86	Matilda Berggren	1987	Swedish comedian
87	Matilda Herrera-Diaz
88	Matilda Boson	1981	Swedish handball player
89	Matilda Hansen	1929	American teacher
90	Matilda M. Barratt	1837	British Mormon leader
91	Matilda Sharpe	1830	British painter
92	Matilda Biggs		(1816/17–1866), campaigner for women's rights and supporter of Italian independence
93	Matilda Andersson	1986
94	Matilda Cugler-Poni	1851	Romanian poet
95	Matilda of Sulzbach		Noble
96	Matilda Bruckner		Medieval French literature scholar
97	Matilda Heming	1796	British painter
98	Matilda Paulsson	1974	Swedish actress
99	Matilda Landsman		American journalist
100	Matilda Grahn	1995	Swedish actress
101	Matilda Marian Pullan	1819	British writer
102	Matilda Rosqvist	1989	Swedish association football player
103	Matilda Bogdanoff	1990	Finnish female hurdler
104	Matilda Roalfe		British atheist
105	Matilda Jungstedt	1864	Swedish singer
106	Matilda Scheurich	1910
107	Matilda Furley	1813	Storekeeper, baker, butcher, hotel-keeper, community leader
108	Matilda Mossman		College basketball coach
109	Matilda Alice Williams	1875	Methodist deaconess
110	Matilda Forslund	1989	Footballer
111	Matilda Bölcs	1949
112	Matilda Callenbo	1990	Swedish actress
113	Matilda Lotz
114	Matilda Bickers
115	Matilda Gyllenberg		Finnish actress
116	Matilda Haglund	1996	Swedish association football player
117	Matilda Caragiu Marioțeanu	1927	Romanian philologist
118	Matilda Meech	1825	Shopkeeper, businesswoman
119	Matilda Makoçi	1963
120	Mathilda Hanekom	1909	South African actress
121	Matilda De Angelis	1995
122	Matilda Hellström	1994
123	Matilda Mörk	1976	Swedish actress
124	Matilde di Altavilla
125	Matilda Claesson	1994	Swedish basketball player
126	Matilda Petersen	1991	Badminton player
127	Matilda Hartzell	1995	Swedish gymnast
128	Matilda of Burgundy
129	Matilda Miglė Nainienė	1930
130	Matilda de Heinsberg	1133
131	Matilda Shushari	1988
132	Matilda de Percy		Percy, Matilda de, countess of Warwick (d. 1204), magnate
133	Maria Matilda Sirkkola	1889
134	Matilda Kulichová-Sutórisová	1904	Czechoslovakia member of Czechoslovak national parliament and slovak nation politician
135	Matilda Kaihosalo	1885
136	Matilda Boehm	1872
137	Matilda Lăcătușu	1925
138	Matilda Höjding	1990	Swedish bandy player
139	Matilda Auchincloss Brownell	1869	American painter
140	Matilda Ekdahl
141	Matilda of Saxony	1172