Matilda

Where Matilda comes from

From Middle English Matilda, from Old French Mathilde, from Old High German Mahthilt, Mehthilt, from Proto-West Germanic *Mahtihild, from Proto-Germanic *Mahtihildiz; compare German Mechthild, Old English Mæþhild (“Matilda”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Matilda
  • Germanic
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1826
    Matilda Joslyn Gage born
    American writer, Native American civil rights activist, abolitionist, freethinker
  2. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #100 among girls with 210 babies — the first year on record, and still its best.
  3. 1945
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #819.
  4. 1991
    Matilda Lutz born
    Italian actress
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from the Germanic languages.
Namesakes
  • Matilda Joslyn Gage · American writer, Native American civil rights activist, abolitionist, freethinker, 1826–1898
  • Matilda Lutz · Italian actress, born 1991
  • Matilda De Angelis · Italian actress, born 1995
  • Matilda Ernkrans · Swedish politician, born 1973
  • Matilda Ziegler · British actress, born 1964

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.