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

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