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 (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

• Mechthilde Wittmann (b. 1967), German lawyer and politician

Mechthildis

• Mechthildis Thein (1888–1959), German stage and film actress

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

• Mechtilde Lichnowsky (1879–1958), German author

Mechtildis

• Mechtildis Sinsteden (1782–1881), German philanthropist

See also

• 873 Mechthild, main-belt asteroid