Matilda

Last updated August 16, 2025

Matilda or Mathilda may refer to:

Animals

Matelda, also spelled Matilda, a character from Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy
Matilda, a comic strip character from Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
Matilda, a house robot in Robot Wars
Matilda Quinn, a character in the 2019 comic series Chrononauts: Futureshock
Matilda Wormwood, title character of Roald Dahl's novel Matilda
One of the main characters from the Finnish game series Angry Birds

"Waltzing Matilda", a song often described as Australia's “unofficial national anthem”
Matilda (album), by Stateless, 2011
"Matilda" (calypso song), composed by Norman Span (King Radio), which in 1953 became known from the version by Harry Belafonte
"Matilda" (Alt-J song), 2012
"Matilda" (Harry Styles song), 2022

Matilda (name) (also Mathilda and Mathilde), a female given name
Empress Matilda (1102–1167), claimant to the English throne
Matilda, Countess of Angus (fl. 13th century), Scottish noblewoman
Matilda, Countess of Rethel (1091–1151), French noblewoman
Matilda of Amboise (c. 1200 ‒ 1256), French noblewoman
Matilda of Andechs (died 1245), daughter of Margrave Berthold I of Istria
Matilda of Anjou (c. 1106 – 1154), Duchess of Normandy
Matilda of Bavaria (disambiguation), several people
Matilda of Béthune (died 1264), countess of Flanders
Matilda of Boulogne (disambiguation), several people
Matilda of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1276–1318), a German noblewoman
Matilda of Carinthia (died 1160 or 1161), daughter of Engelbert, Duke of Carinthia
Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony (1156–1189), daughter of Henry II
Matilda of Flanders (c. 1031–1083), wife of William the Conqueror
Matilda of France (943–981/982), member of the Carolingian dynasty
Matilda of Franconia (c. 1027 – 1034), daughter of Emperor Conrad II
Matilda of Frisia (died 1044), wife of Henry I, King of the Franks
Matilda of Ringelheim (c. 894–968), or Saint Matilda, a Saxon noblewoman
Matilda of Scotland (c. 1080–1118), wife of Henry I
Matilda of Tuscany (1046–1115), Margravine of Tuscany
Matilda of Požega (c. 1210-after 1255), daughter of Margaret de Courtenay, wife of John Angelos of Syrmia
Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria (1813-1862), grand duchess of Hesse

Matilda, a colloquial term for a swag (bedroll) carried by a swagman in the Australian bush
Australia women's national soccer team, nicknamed Matildas
Matilda (mascot), the mascot of the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Australia
Matilda Cruises, an Australia ferry and cruise service
Matilda effect, a bias against acknowledging the achievements of women scientists, whose work is consequently attributed to their male colleagues.
Matilda International Hospital, in Hong Kong