Mathilda
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in English: A female given name from the Germanic languages, a less common spelling of Matilda
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/məˈtɪɫdə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Mathilda is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Sweden than in any other country.
- SESweden1 in 1.1K(measured from records)
- ZASouth Africa≈1 in 12K
- IDIndonesia≈1 in 88K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Sweden (measured from records)
- Sources
- 202 (measured from records)
- 1 in 1.1K (inferred from the name graph)
9,517 people
Highest-authority source
Sweden
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A female given name from the Germanic languages, a less common spelling of Matilda.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.
How Mathilda is read(measured from records)
Mathilda is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English43%
A female given name from the Germanic languages, a less common spelling of Matilda.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- French22%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Mathilda in French.
- Swedish11%
a female given name, a less common spelling of Matilda
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Mathilda, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Mathilda counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SE Sweden | #237 | 9,517 | 1 in 1.1K | 9.5K | Mathilda | 89 |
| CN China | — | ≈6,800 est. | ≈1 in 204K | — | Mathilda | 11 |
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈4,700 est. | ≈1 in 12K | — | Mathilda | 35 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈3,100 est. | ≈1 in 88K | — | Mathilda | 67 |
| FR France | — | ≈2,700 est. | ≈1 in 25K | 3.9K | — | 3 |
| FI Finland | — | 1,304 | 1 in 4.3K | 2.1K | Mathilda | 8 |
| NO Norway | — | 294 | 1 in 19K | 972 | Mathilda | 13 |
| DK Denmark | — | 285 | 1 in 21K | 285 | Mathilda | 36 |
9,517 people counted by Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); SSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Matilde d'Altavillab. 1060ESnot in their usual nameDaughter of Robert Guiscard; Countess of Barcelona, Viscountess of Narbonne
- Matilda of Brabant, Countess of Artoisb. 1224FRnot in their usual nameFlemish noblewoman
- Hanna Wingeb. 1838SEnot in their usual nameSwedish painter (1838-1896)
- Helena Munktellb. 1852SEnot in their usual nameSwedish composer
- Matilda Browneb. 1869USnot in their usual nameAmerican painter (1869-1947)
- Wivi Lönnb. 1872FInot in their usual nameFinnish architect (1872-1966)
- Mathilda Mayb. 1965FRFrench actress
- Mathilda Hodgkins-Byrneb. 1994GBBritish rower
- Mathilda Gvarlianib. 2004GEGeorgian model (born 2004)
- Princess Josephine of Denmarkb. 2011DKnot in their usual nameDanish princess, youngest child of Frederik X of Denmark and Queen Mary
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 75 sources across 42 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 9.5K | #413 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 5K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2024 | 3.9K | #809 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 2.1K | #518 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register) | — | 1.3K | — |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 972 | #1,676 |
| NO Norway | SSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891) | 2025 | 294 | — |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 285 | #813 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 15 | #27,745 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navn (1880–present) | 2025 | 9 | — |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navn (1880–present) | 2024 | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Mathilda mean, and where does it come from?
- A female given name from the Germanic languages, a less common spelling of Matilda. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Mathilda have the most bearers?
- In Sweden, the national register counted about 9.5 thousand people named Mathilda, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled mathilda.
- Where is Mathilda most common?
- Mathilda is densest in Sweden, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.1 thousand people carrying it.
- What are other forms of the name Mathilda?
- In the etymology graph, Matilde, Mathilde and Mattie are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Mathilda?
- A machine transcription gives /məˈtɪɫdə/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Mathilda a male or female name?
- Mathilda is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- How common is the name Mathilda?
- In Sweden, the national register counted 9,517 people named Mathilda, about 1 in 1.1 thousand residents.
- How common is Mathilda compared with other names?
- In Sweden, Mathilda is the 237th most common given name of 45,482 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Mathilda?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/mathildaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Mathilda” — the 237th most common given name in Sweden. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.