Given name · also Old French
Matylda
Matylda is a feminine given name from Old French, ultimately from Old High German. It is used in Polish and Czech.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Matylda comes from Old French, and ultimately from Old High German.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old French Mathilde, from Old High German maht, meht.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1919. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Matylda shares an earlier linguistic root with 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
Matylda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 156
- 0 boys · 156 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −74%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 8 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 14 in 2019.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Matylda’s family of names
In Czech usage, Matylda has a diminutive in Máťa. Matylda shares a linguistic root with Matilda. In Polish usage, Matylda has a conventional equivalent in the German form Matilde.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Matylda has relatives in 10 languages. Lines run from its Old High German roots to each of them.
13 related names in 10 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 13
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Matildacognate · English, German
- MaudeEnglish
- MathildaGerman, Swedish
- MatildeGerman
- MathildeFrench, German
- MafaldaItalian
- Mechthildequivalent
- МатильдаRussian
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See also 7
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Matylda
- Matylda PálfyováSlovak gymnast (1912–1944)
- Matylda Růžičková-ŠínováCzech gymnast (1933–2025)
- Matylda GetterPolish nun and Righteous Among the Nations (1870–1968)
- Matylda DamięckaPolish actressborn 1985
- Matylda OstojskaPolish sportspersonborn 1990
- Matylda KowalOlympic steeplechaserborn 1989
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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