Given name
Matelda
“one who is mighty in battle”
Matelda is a variant of Matilda. One German interpretation is “one who is mighty in battle.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Matelda is a variant of Matilda. One German interpretation is “one who is mighty in battle.”
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Where it comes from
Matelda is a variant of Matilda. A possible origin is Germanic, although the derivation remains uncertain.
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The story
Matelda is a variant of Matilda. The history of Matilda gives this family its wider story. Use of Matilda was revived during the 18th century.
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Matelda’s family of names
Matelda has a related form in Matilda. In Italian usage, Matelda has a conventional equivalent in the Czech form Matylda.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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