Given name & surname
Matilde
“one who is mighty in battle”
In Portuguese use, Matilde has a related form in Matilda. One German interpretation is “one who is mighty in battle.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Portuguese use, Matilde 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 use, Matilde has a related form in Matilda. A possible origin is Germanic, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Old French Mathilde, from Old High German maht.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1883. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In Portuguese use, Matilde 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
Matilde through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,438
- 218 boys · 3,220 girls
- Most popular year
- 1927
- 74 babies
- 2025
- 27
- #4,948 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +21%
- Rising
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 0% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 27 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,948 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 20.6% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 65 in 1927. In 2025, California and Florida shared the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (5 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 9,811 as a first name in 2020; 125 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Matilde’s family of names
In Asturian usage, Matilde has a diminutive in Tilde. Matilde shares a linguistic root with Matilda. In Danish usage, Matilde has a related form in Mathilde.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Matilde has relatives in 9 languages.
7 related names in 9 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Matilde
- Matilde SeraoItalian journalist and writer, editor (1856–1927)
- Matilde HidalgoEcuadorian physician and suffragist (1889-1974)
- Matilde Huicilawyer and Spanish teacher (1890-1965)
- Matilde OrtizSpanish water polo playerborn 1990
- Matilde AsensiSpanish writerborn 1962
- Matilde UcelaySpanish architect1912–2008
- Matilde BajerDanish women's rights activist and pacifist1840–1934
- Matilde MontoyaMexican physician1859–1938
- Matilde MarcolliItalian mathematician and physicistborn 1969
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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