Girl's name

Maitilde

“ma-TIL-da”

from German Mahthild, 'might-heroine'

TildeMatildaTilda

Source: Woulfe, Irish Names and Surnames (1923) ↗

The story behind the name

Brought to England by the wife of William the Conqueror, and to Ireland by the Anglo-Normans. Woulfe says neither Matilda nor its Norman twin Maud ever became common here. Tilde is his short form of it.

Quick answers

How do you pronounce Maitilde?

Maitilde is pronounced “ma-TIL-da”. Irish has three main dialect groups (Ulster, Connacht and Munster) and many names are said differently in each. The respellings here give the pronunciation most commonly heard in Irish English; where a well-known variant exists, both are shown.

What does the name Maitilde mean?

Maitilde means from German Mahthild, 'might-heroine'.

Is Maitilde a boy's or a girl's name?

Maitilde is traditionally a girl's name in Ireland.

How else is Maitilde spelled?

Other spellings and equivalents include Tilde, Matilda, Tilda. Irish names were written down by English-speaking clerks for centuries, which is why so many spellings survive for one name.

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