Given name
Mafalda
“one who is mighty in battle”
In Portuguese and Italian use, Mafalda has a related form in Matilda. One German interpretation is “one who is mighty in battle.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Portuguese and Italian use, Mafalda has a related form in Matilda. One German interpretation is “one who is mighty in battle.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In Portuguese and Italian use, Mafalda has a related form in Matilda. A possible origin is Germanic, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1902. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In Portuguese and Italian use, Mafalda has a related form in Matilda. The history of Matilda gives this family its wider story. Use of Matilda was revived during the 18th century.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Mafalda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,279
- 0 boys · 1,279 girls
- Most popular year
- 1925
- 85 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 14 in 1937. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 85 in 1925. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 550 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Mafalda’s family of names
Mafalda shares a linguistic root with Matilda. In Spanish usage, Mafalda has a related form in Matilde. Mafalda has a related form in Matilda.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Mafalda has relatives in 3 languages.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Mafalda
- Princess Mafalda of SavoyItalian princess (1902–1944), landgravine of Hesse from 1940 to 1944
- Mafalda of PortugalPortuguese infanta, Castilian queen consort, and nun1197–1256
- Mafalda of PortugalPortuguese infanta1149–1160
- Mafalda Faverosinger (1905-1981)
- Mafalda VeigaPortuguese singer-songwriterborn 1965
- Mafalda Salvatinisinger (1886-1971)
- Mafalda of CastileSpanish noblewoman1191–1204
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