Entry № 6607 · French origin

Mathilde Mathilde — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ mah-TEELD /
Gender
Girl
Origin
French
Meaning
"Mighty in battle (French Matilda)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (French)

A name that means "mighty in battle (french matilda)".

Mathilde is the French and German form of Matilda — combining the Germanic maht (might) and hild (battle), meaning "mighty in battle." Princess Mathilde Bonaparte (1820-1904) was a famous Parisian salonnière.

Mathilde is widely used in France.

Mighty in battle. The French Matilda.

The name in its native script.

Mathilde
Transliteration
Mathilde
Pronunciation
/ məˈtiːld /
Root
Grammatical form

What Mathilde is built from.

Mathilde is a compound name. Its parts are hild — each an attested element with a recorded meaning of its own.

hild
Germanic
“battle”

Where Mathilde stands.

Mathilde does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Mathildes before her.

Real people
Princess Mathilde Bonaparte
French salonnière.
1820 – 1904
In fiction
Mathilde
Common in French fiction.

Names connected to Mathilde.

The number behind Mathilde.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Mathilde reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.