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
  • Mechthild of Giessen (c. 1155 – c. 1203), countess of Giessen
  • Mechthild I of Wohldenberg (d. 1223), German abbess
  • Mechthild of Andechs (d. 1254), German abbess, beatified
  • Mechthild of Baden (d. 1258), countess of Württemberg
  • Mechthild of Bienburg (c. 1223 – c. 1265), abbess of Buchau Abbey
  • Mechtild of Wunnenberg (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
  • Mechthild of Cleves (d. 1309), duchess of Cleves
  • Mechthild II of Wohldenberg (d. 1316), German abbess
  • Mechtild of Nassau (d. 1323), duchess of Bavaria
  • Mechtildis of Bongard (fl. 1352–1356), German abbess
  • Mechtild of Guelders (d. 1384), duchess of Guelders
  • Mechthild II of Anhalt (1392–1463), German abbess
  • Mechthild of the Palatinate (1418–1482), princess and literary patron
  • Mechthild of Hesse (1473–1505), duchess of Cleves
  • Mechthild of Hesse (1490–1558), countess of Tecklenburg-Schwerin
  • Mechthild of Bavaria (1532–1565), German noblewoman
  • Mechtilde of the Blessed Sacrament (1614–1698), French nun

First name

Mechthild

  • Mechthild Albert (d. 1956), German romanist
  • Mechthild Bach (b. 1963), German soprano
  • Mechthild Bach (physician) (1949–2011), German internist
  • Mechthild Curtius (d. 1939), German writer
  • Mechthild Dehn (d. 1941), German pedagoge
  • Mechthild Flury-Lemberg (d. 1929), Swiss textile restorer
  • Mechthild Georg, German operatic mezzo-soprano
  • Mechthild Großmann (born 1948), German actress and dancer
  • Mechthild Heil (born 1961), German politician
  • Mechthild Leutner (d. 1948), German sinologist
  • Mechthild Motsch von Freydorf (1906–1997), German painter
  • Mechthild Podzeit-Lütjen (d. 1955), Austrian writer
  • Mechthild Rawert (born 1957), German politician
  • Mechthild Ross-Luttmann (d. 1958), German politician
  • Mechthild Sarrazin (1920–2014), German sculptor and painter
  • Mechthild Roswitha Scheurl von Defersdorf (d. 1952), German linguist
  • Mechthild Thürmer (d. 1958), German nun
  • Mechthild Wiswe (1938–2017), German historian and folklorist
  • Mechthildis of Austria (1891–1966), Habsburg princess

Mechthilde

Mechthildis

Mechtild

  • Mechtild Böger (d. 1960), German visual artist
  • Mechtild Borrmann (b. 1960), German writer
  • Mechtild Erpenbeck (d. 1955), German psychologist
  • Mechtild Frisch (d. 1943), German painter
  • Mechtild Hagemann (d. 1961), German badminton player
  • Mechtild Jansen (d. 1952), German social scientist
  • Mechtild Oechsle (1951–2018), German sociologist
  • Mechtild Rössler (b. 1959), German feminist geographer
  • Mechtild Rothe (b. 1947), German politician
  • Mechtild Sandberg-Ciletti, German translator
  • Mechtild Schröder (1932–2010), German physician
  • Mechtild Widrich, Austrian art historian

Mechtilde

Mechtildis

  • Mechtildis Sinsteden (1782–1881), German philanthropist

See also

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