Mathilde

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Girl · Germanic

Mathilde

Say it: mah-TEELD

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Meaning

From Germanic maht 'might' and hild 'battle'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Used by medieval nobility and popular again in France in recent decades.

Its wave through time

Fading since the 1880s

In the United States

1,679 babies given this name since 1880
At its height in 1887, about 1 in 5,400 girls
18 babies in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

The family of the name

Other spellings: Mathilda

English	Matilda
German	Mathilde
Dutch	Machteld
Italian	Matilde

Famous bearers

Matilda of Flanders, queen of England
Mathilde Bonaparte, princess

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Where this comes from

Royal and noble genealogies
National birth statistics of European countries source
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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