Mathilde
Mathilde is a female given name .
Origin and meaning of the name
The name goes back to the Old High German words maht (power, strength) and hiltja (fight). He could therefore be interpreted as a “powerful heroine” or “strong fighter”.
variants
- Mathilde (also French and Dutch)
- Matilde
- Matilda (also English)
- Mathilda
- Maud , Maude (French, English)
- Mahaut (French)
- Machteld (Dutch)
- Mafalda (Spanish, Portuguese)
- Mechthild
- Mechthildis
- Mati , Matty
- Hilda
- Tilda
- Tilli , Tilly
frequency
The name has been widespread since the Middle Ages because of the veneration for Mathilde the saint (around 895–968), wife of King Heinrich I of East Franconia . The name was revived by the knight poetry of the 18th and 19th centuries. His best placement between 1890 and 2007 was in 1900 with 37th place among the most common female first names in Germany. The name variants Mathilda and Matilda became increasingly popular between 1999 and 2010. In 2010 they were number 52 of the most common first names for newborn girls in Germany.
Well-known namesake
Nobles
- Mathilde the Holy (around 895–968), wife of the East Franconian King Heinrich I.
- Mathilde I. (Essen) , abbess of the Essen monastery in the 10th century
- Mathilde II. (Essen) (949-1011), granddaughter of Emperor Otto the Great, most important abbess of the Essen monastery
- Mathilde (Quedlinburg) (955–999), the first abbess of Quedlinburg
- Mathilde (Lorraine) (979-1025), daughter of Emperor Otto II.
- Mathilde von Haldensleben (around 993), abbess in Magdeburg
- Mathilde of Friesland (approx. 1024-1044), Queen of France
- Mathilde von Franken (1027-1034), Queen of France
- Mathilde von Flanders (1032–1083), wife of William the Conqueror
- Mathilde of Canossa (also Mathilde / Matilda of Tuscany / Tuszien ) (1046–1115)
- Mathilde von Schwaben (1048-1060), Duchess of Swabia
- Matilda of England ( Edith of Scotland ; around 1080–1118), royal consort of England
- Matilda (England) (1102–1167), wife of Emperor Henry V
- Mathilda of Boulogne (1105–1152), Queen of England and ruling Countess of Boulogne
- Mathilde von Andechs, mostly Mechthild von Dießen , (around 1125–1160), Augustinian choirwoman and abbess von Edelstetten
- Mathilde of Savoy (1125–1157), Queen of Portugal
- Mathilde Plantagenet (1156–1189), 2nd wife of Henry the Lion
- Mathilde I (Bourbon) (1160s – 1228), only child of Archambault (VIII.) Von Bourbon
- Mathilde von Courtenay (1188–1257), daughter of Peter II. Von Courtenay and Agnes I von Nevers
- Mathilde of Angoulême († after 1233), heiress of Angoulême
- Mathilde von Dammartin († 1259), Queen of Portugal
- Mathilde von Brandenburg (1210–1261), Duchess of Braunschweig-Lüneburg
- Matilda, Countess of Angus (before 1230 – before 1267), Scottish nobleman
- Mathilde II (Bourbon) (1234–1262), Countess of Nevers, Auxerre and Tonnerre
- Mathilde (Artois) (1268–1329), Countess Palatine of Burgundy
- Mathilde von Brabant (1224–1288), through her marriages Countess of Artois and Saint-Pol
- Matilda Plantagenet, Countess of Leicester (1339-1362), English nobleman
- Mathilde von Baden († 1485), Abbess in Trier
- Caroline Mathilde von Hannover , born Princess of Great Britain (1751–1775), Queen of Denmark and Norway
- Sophia Mathilda of Gloucester (1773–1844), princess, member of the British royal family
- Mathilde Karoline of Bavaria (1813–1862), wife of Grand Duke Ludwig III. from Hesse and the Rhine
- Mathilde von Hohenlohe-Öhringen (1814–1888), Princess of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
- Mathilde Lätitia Wilhelmine Bonaparte (1820–1904), niece of Napoléon Bonaparte
- Mathilde in Bavaria (1843–1925), Duchess, German high nobility from the House of Wittelsbach
- Mathilde von Österreich-Teschen (1849–1867), Archduchess of Austria
- Mathilde von Sachsen (1863–1933), daughter of George I of Saxony
- Mathilde von Bayern (1877–1906), princess, daughter of King Ludwig III. from Bavaria
- Mathilde of Belgium (* 1973), Queen of the Belgians
- Charlotte Mathilde (1766–1828), Queen of Baden-Württemberg
Artists
- Mathilde Esch (1815–1904), German painter
- Mathilde Vollmoeller-Purrmann (1876–1943), German painter
- Mathilde Kliefert-Gießen (1887–1978), German painter
- Marie-Mathilde Ducatillon-Sauthier (* 1953), Swiss painter
- Mathilde Rosier , French artist
Musicians and singers
- Mathilde Marchesi de Castrone (1821–1913), German opera singer
- Mathilde Hellwig (1825-1892), Austrian opera singer
- Mathilde Mallinger (1847–1920), Austrian opera singer
- Mathilde Bauermeister (1849–1926), German opera singer
- Mathilde Kralik von Meyrswalden (1857–1944), Austrian composer
- Mathilde Beckmann (1904–1986), German singer
- Mathilde Santing (* 1958), Dutch singer
- Mathilde Sternat , French cellist
- Mathilde Fröhlich (1867–1934), Austrian opera singer
Politicians
- Mathilde Hitzfeld (1826–1905), Palatine irregulars in the March Revolution of 1848/49
- Mathilde Drees (1862–1938), German educator and politician
- Matilda Ernkrans (* 1973), Swedish politician
- Mathilde Gantenberg (1889–1975), German politician
- Mathilde Berghofer-Weichner , née Weichner (* 1931), German lawyer and politician
- Mathilde Weinandy (* 1950), German politician
- Aki-Matilda Høegh-Dam (* 1996), Greenlandic politician
Actresses
- Mathilde Wildauer (1820–1878), Austrian actress and singer
- Mathilde Sussin (1876–1943), Austrian actress
- Mathilde Danegger (1903–1988), Austrian actress
- Mathilda May (* 1965), French actress
- Mathilde Seigner (* 1968), French actress
- Matilda Merkel (* 1996), German actress
Women writers
- Mathilde Franziska Anneke (1817–1884), German writer
- Mathilde Raven (1817–1902), German writer
- Mathilde Beeg (1826–1905), German writer
- Mathilde Wesendonck (1828–1902), German writer
- Mathilde Fibiger (1830–1872), Danish tutor and writer
- Mathilda Betham-Edwards (1836–1919), English travel writer and novelist
- Mathilde , pseudonym of the Dutch writer Nicolina Maria Christina Sloot (1853–1927)
- Matilde Camus (1919–2012), Spanish poet and writer
- Matilde Asensi (* 1962), Spanish writer
Others
- Mathilde von Rohr (1810–1889), correspondent to Theodor Fontanes
- Mathilde von Keller (1853–1945), court lady of the German Empress and Queen of Prussia Auguste Viktoria
- Matilda Howell (1859-1939), American archer
- Matilda Felixovna Kschessinskaja (1872–1971), Russian ballet dancer
- Mathilde Jacob (1873–1943), German translator and stenographer
- Mathilde Paravicini (1875–1954), Swiss humanist and pioneer of children's trains
- Mathilde Ludendorff (1877–1966), founder of the Association for the Knowledge of German Gods, wife of Erich Ludendorff
- Mathilde Uhlirz (1881–1966), Austrian historian of medieval history
- Mathilde Vaerting (1884–1977), German educator and sociologist
- Matilde Hidalgo (1889–1974), Ecuadorian doctor and women's rights activist
- Mathilde Klose (1892–1942), German trade unionist
- Mathilde Auguste Hedwig Kömmerling (1896–1993), German historian and founding member of the German Women's Ring
- Mathilde Bonnefoy (* 1972), French film editor and director
- Mathilde Gerg (* 1975), German ski racer
- Matilda Rapaport (1986-2016), Swedish freeride athlete
Fictional characters
- on characters with this name in film, literature and music see Mathilde (disambiguation)
Remembrance Day
- Mathilde the saint , March 14th
Individual evidence
- ^ The large first name dictionary, Rosa and Volker Kohlheim, Dudenverlag, Mannheim 2007, p. 292
- ↑ http://www.beliebte-vornamen.de/1900.htm
- ^ Fashion name Mathilda, January 4, 2010, author: Knud Bielefeld