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Girl · Germanic
Matilde
Say it: mah-TEEL-deh
Meaning
Germanic, from maht 'might, strength' and hild 'battle'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1880s
In the United States
- 3,238 babies given this name since 1883
- At its height in 1883, about 1 in 11,200 girls
- 26 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| English | Matilda |
|---|---|
| German | Mathilde |
| French | Mathilde |
Famous bearers
- Matilde di Canossa, Countess of Tuscany
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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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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.