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 Mechtild of Nassau, german ''Mechthild von Nassau'', (before 1280 – 19 June 1323) was the youngest child of Adolf, King of the Romans and his wife Imagina of Isenburg-Limburg. Mechtild is also known as ''Matilda of Nassau''. She was Duchess con ...

(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 Mechthild of Bavaria (12 July 1532 – 2 November 1565 in Baden-Baden) was a German noblewoman. She was the daughter of William IV, Duke of Bavaria and his wife Marie. She was buried in the Stiftskirche at Baden-Baden. On 17 January 1557 s ...

(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 Mechthild Bach is a German soprano and a professor at the Hochschule für Musik Trossingen. Biography and career Bach was born in Limburg an der Lahn, where she was a member of the Limburg Cathedral's girl choir from a very young age. After he ...

(b. 1963), German soprano * (1949–2011), German internist * (d. 1939), German writer * (d. 1941), German pedagogue * (d. 1929), Swiss textile restorer *

Mechthild Georg Mechthild Georg is a German operatic mezzo-soprano, and a professor of voice at the Musikhochschule Köln. Career Georg studied Roman studies and history at the Cologne University, and music pedagogy at the Musikhochschule Köln. She then stud ...

, German operatic mezzo-soprano * (born 1948), German actress and dancer *

Mechthild Heil Mechthild Heil ( Rumpf, born 23 August 1961) is a German architect and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Rhineland-Palatinate since 2009. Political career He ...

(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) wh served as a member of the Bundestag from 2005 until 2017 and again from 2020 to 2021, representing Berlin's Tempelhof-Schöneberg district. ...

(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 Mechthilde Wittmann (born 12 December 1967) is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since 2021. Early life and education Wittmann was born 1967 in Munich an ...

(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 Mechtild Borrmann (born 1960 in Cologne, West Germany) is a German writer, author of several detective novels. Biography Borrmann trained in therapy through dance and theater, then worked in restoration. In 2006, she published her first novel ...

(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 Mechtild Rothe (born 10 August 1947 in Paderborn, Germany) is a German politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament from 1984 until 2009. She is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, part of the Socialist Group. D ...

(b. 1947), German politician * , German translator * (1932–2010), German physician *

Mechtild Widrich Mechtild Widrich is an Austrian art historian, curator, and Professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Educated at University of Vienna, the Free University Berlin (M.Phil. Art History, University of Vienna) and the MIT School of ...

, Austrian art historian

Mechtilde

Mechtilde Lichnowsky Princess Mechtilde Lichnowsky, originally Mechtilde Christiane Marie ''Gräfin von und zu'' Arco-Zinneberg, later Mechtilde Peto (8 March 1879, in Schloss Schönburg, Pocking now in the Kreis Passau – 4 June 1958, in London) was a German aut ...

(1879–1958), German author

Mechtildis

* (1782–1881), German philanthropist