Mechthild is a female Germanic given name. It is an old form of the first name

Matilda Matilda or Mathilda may refer to: Animals * Matilda (chicken) (1990–2006), World's Oldest Living Chicken record holder * Mathilda (gastropod), ''Mathilda'' (gastropod), a genus of gastropods in the family Mathildidae * Matilda (horse) (1824–1 ...

and means "powerful in combat, powerful fighter". Variants include Mechthilde, Mechthildis, Mechtild, Mechtilde or Mechtildis.

Mononym

* Mechtildis of Edelstetten (c. 1125–1160), abbess of Edelstetten, saint * Mechthild of Schwarzburg-Käfernburg (d. 1192), countess of Holstein * (c. 1155 – c. 1203), countess of Giessen * (d. 1223), German abbess * (d. 1254), German abbess, beatified * (d. 1258), countess of Württemberg * (c. 1223 – c. 1265), abbess of Buchau Abbey * (d. 1268), German abbess *

Mechthild of Magdeburg Mechthild (or Mechtild, Matilda, Matelda) of Magdeburg (c. 1207 – c. 1282/1294), a Beguine, was a Christian medieval mystic, whose book ''Das fließende Licht der Gottheit'' (''The Flowing Light of Divinity'') is a compendium of visions, ...

(1207– c. 1282), medieval German mystic * Mechthild of Holstein (1220/1225–1288), wife of Danish king Abel * Mechthild of Sayn (c. 1203 – c. 1291), wife of Henry III, Count of Sayn *

Mechthild of Hackeborn Mechtilde of Hackeborn, OSB, also known as Mechtilde of Helfta (1240/1241 – 19 November 1298), was a Lower Saxony, Saxon Christianity, Christian saint (from what is now Germany) and a Benedictine nun. She was famous for her musical talents, ...

(1241–1299), Cistercian and Christian mystic, saint * (d. 1309), duchess of Cleves * (d. 1316), German abbess * Mechtild of Nassau (d. 1323), duchess of Bavaria * (fl. 1352–1356), German abbess * Mechtild of Guelders (d. 1384), duchess of Guelders * (1392–1463), German abbess *

Mechthild of the Palatinate Mechthild of the Palatinate (1418–1482) was a princess and major patroness of the literary arts in the 15th century. Born to Ludwig III, Elector Palatine and Matilda of Savoy, she was married by the age of 15 to Ludwig I, Count of Württemberg ...

(1418–1482), princess and literary patron * , duchess of Cleves * , countess of Tecklenburg-Schwerin * Mechthild of Bavaria (1532–1565), German noblewoman *

Mechtilde of the Blessed Sacrament Mechtilde of the Blessed Sacrament, born ''Catherine de Bar'' (31 December 1614 – 6 April 1698) was a French nun, the founder of the order of Benedictine Nuns of Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. She is recognized as the Servant of ...

(1614–1698), French nun

First name

Mechthild

* (d. 1956), German romanist * Mechthild Bach (b. 1963), German soprano * (1949–2011), German internist * (d. 1939), German writer * (d. 1941), German pedagogue * (d. 1929), Swiss textile restorer * Mechthild Georg, German operatic mezzo-soprano * (born 1948), German actress and dancer * Mechthild Heil (born 1961), German politician * (d. 1948), German sinologist * (1906–1997), German painter * (d. 1955), Austrian writer * Mechthild Rawert (born 1957), German politician * (d. 1958), German politician * (1920–2014), German sculptor and painter * (d. 1952), German linguist * (d. 1958), German nun * (1938–2017), German historian and folklorist * Mechthildis of Austria (1891–1966), Habsburg princess

Mechthilde

* Mechthilde Wittmann (b. 1967), German lawyer and politician

Mechthildis

* Mechthildis Thein (1888–1959), German stage and film actress

Mechtild

* (d. 1960), German visual artist * Mechtild Borrmann (b. 1960), German writer * (d. 1955), German psychologist * (d. 1943), German painter * (d. 1961), German badminton player * (d. 1952), German social scientist * (1951–2018), German sociologist *

Mechtild Rössler Mechtild Rössler is a German feminist geographer and cultural heritage scholar. From 2015 until her retirement in November 2021 she was Director of the UNESCO World Heritage Center in Paris. She was preceded by Kishore Rao, and was succeeded by ...

(b. 1959), German feminist geographer * Mechtild Rothe (b. 1947), German politician * , German translator * (1932–2010), German physician * Mechtild Widrich, Austrian art historian

Mechtilde

* Mechtilde Lichnowsky (1879–1958), German author

Mechtildis

* (1782–1881), German philanthropist