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 (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 (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 (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 (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