Màtilda

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Màtilda is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Sweden than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Middle English Matilda, from Old French Mathilde, from Old High German Mahthilt, from Old High German maht, meht (“might”) + hild, hilta (“battle”); compare German Mechthild, Old English Mæþhild.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 24K(measured from records)
  • FIFinland1 in 238
  • SESweden1 in 274

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Sweden (measured from records)

37,193 people

Sources
196 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 238 (inferred from the name graph)

Finland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Matilda in FI Finland, SE Sweden, US United States and 1 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Derivation of Màtilda: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Màtilda
  1. Middle EnglishMatilda(measured from records)
  2. Old FrenchMathilde(measured from records)
  3. Old High GermanMahthilt(measured from records)
  4. Old High Germanmaht“might”(measured from records)

From Middle English Matilda, from Old French Mathilde, from Old High German Mahthilt, from Old High German maht, meht (“might”) + hild, hilta (“battle”); compare German Mechthild, Old English Mæþhild (“Matilda”).

Sources 3

Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Màtilda counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Màtilda is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
SE Sweden—37,1931 in 27437KMatilda46
FI Finland—23,4361 in 23848KMatilda11
US United States—13,8361 in 24K14KMatilda196
AL Albania—2,2201 in 1.4K2.2K——
HR Croatia—1,4711 in 2.9K1.5K——
SI Slovenia—1,0751 in 2K1.1K—1
CL Chile#644——372Matilda41

37,193 people counted by Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021); INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); SURS — resident population given names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Màtilda under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Màtilda mean, and where does it come from?
From Middle English Matilda, from Old French Mathilde, from Old High German Mahthilt, from Old High German maht, meht (“might”) + hild, hilta (“battle”); compare German Mechthild, Old English Mæþhild… Recorded by Wiktionary and Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon and 1 other source.
Is Màtilda a male or female name?
Màtilda is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Màtilda have the most bearers?
In Sweden, the national register counted about 37 thousand people named Màtilda, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled matilda.
Where is Màtilda most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Màtilda is densest in Finland — about 1 in 238 people — even though Sweden holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Màtilda?
In Sweden, the national register counted 37,193 people named Màtilda, about 1 in 274 residents.
How common is Màtilda compared with other names?
In Chile, Màtilda is the 644th most common given name of 70,478 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Màtilda” — the 644th most common given name in Chile. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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