Mechthild

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 [de] (c. 1155 – c. 1203), countess of Giessen
• Mechthild I of Wohldenberg [de] (d. 1223), German abbess
• Mechthild of Andechs [de] (d. 1254), German abbess, beatified
• Mechthild of Baden [de] (d. 1258), countess of Württemberg
• Mechthild of Bienburg [de] (c. 1223 – c. 1265), abbess of Buchau Abbey
• Mechtild of Wunnenberg [de] (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 [de] (d. 1309), duchess of Cleves
• Mechthild II of Wohldenberg [de] (d. 1316), German abbess
• Mechtild of Nassau (d. 1323), duchess of Bavaria
• Mechtildis of Bongard [de] (fl. 1352–1356), German abbess
• Mechtild of Guelders (d. 1384), duchess of Guelders
• Mechthild II of Anhalt [de] (1392–1463), German abbess
• Mechthild of the Palatinate (1418–1482), princess and literary patron
• Mechthild of Hesse (1473–1505) [de], duchess of Cleves
• Mechthild of Hesse (1490–1558) [de], 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 [de] (d. 1956), German romanist
• Mechthild Bach (b. 1963), German soprano
• Mechthild Bach (physician) [de] (1949–2011), German internist
• Mechthild Curtius [de] (d. 1939), German writer
• Mechthild Dehn [de] (d. 1941), German pedagoge
• Mechthild Flury-Lemberg [de] (d. 1929), Swiss textile restorer
• Mechthild Georg, German operatic mezzo-soprano
• Mechthild Großmann [de] (born 1948), German actress and dancer
• Mechthild Heil (born 1961), German politician
• Mechthild Leutner [de] (d. 1948), German sinologist
• Mechthild Motsch von Freydorf [de] (1906–1997), German painter
• Mechthild Podzeit-Lütjen [de] (d. 1955), Austrian writer
• Mechthild Rawert (born 1957), German politician
• Mechthild Ross-Luttmann [de] (d. 1958), German politician
• Mechthild Sarrazin [de] (1920–2014), German sculptor and painter
• Mechthild Roswitha Scheurl von Defersdorf [de] (d. 1952), German linguist
• Mechthild Thürmer [de] (d. 1958), German nun
• Mechthild Wiswe [de] (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

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

Mechtilde

• Mechtilde Lichnowsky (1879–1958), German author

Mechtildis

• Mechtildis Sinsteden [de] (1782–1881), German philanthropist

See also

• 873 Mechthild, main-belt asteroid