Mechthild is a female Germanic given name. It is an old form of the first name Matilda 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 Mechthild of Schwarzburg-Käfernburg (fl. 1174), was a countess consort of Holstein by marriage to Adolf II of Holstein. She was the regent of Pomerania during the minority of her son Adolf III of Holstein between 1164 and 1174. She was born to ...

(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 (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 (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, who was recognized as the Servant of God ...

(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 pedagoge * (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 Mechthild Rawert (born 3 November 1957) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has served as a member of the Bundestag from 2005 until 2017 and from 2020, representing Berlin's Tempelhof-Schöneberg district. Early lif ...

(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 Mechthildis Thein (1888 in Braunschweig – 1959 in Singen) was a German stage and film actress of the silent period. Selected filmography * '' Fear'' (1917) * '' The Rat'' (1918) * '' The Salamander Ruby'' (1918) * ''Henriette Jacoby'' (1918) ...

(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