# 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 pedagogue
* 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