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Nicknames for Matilda

Tilda, Tilder, Tillie, Tilly, Mattie, Milly, Millie, Milla, Tia, Tildy, Mimi, Mally, Molly, Tilsie, Tess, Tilla, Maddie, Matt, Matey
Zelda

Meanings and history of the name Matilda

The meaning of the name Matilda is strength in battle.
/"I'm a Zelda" Impossible to trap because the chairs around you shiver and move as you will. A girl lost in battles for where walks of a female carry her. MATILDA declares I AM one, so the name means "a girl who knows she's an Elf."

Famous real-life people named Matilda

Matilda Joslyn Gage, 19th century American feminist
Mathilda Gelhaar, Swedish opera singer
Matilda Coxe Stevenson, American ethnologist and author
Empress Matilda, the first female ruler of England (she ruled for a few months during The Anarchy)
Saint Margaret of Scotland
Tilda Swinton, actress (full name Katherine Matilda)
Matilda Ramsay, British actress, television presenter and television chef

Matilda in song, story & screen

Matilda, title character of the children's book "Matilda" by Roald Dahl, published 1988.
"Waltzing Matilda" is an Australian folk song written by Banjo Paterson in 1895.
"Matilda", song by Harry Belafonte, also done by the Grateful Dead
Matilda "Maddie" Warden, one-half of fraternal twins, in the "Superjail!" fanfic "Extended Stay."
"Matilda" (2012) is a song by the band Alt-J, and is inspired by the film 'Leon: The Professional'. The song is also covered by the band Paramore
Matilda Magillicuddy in the internet comic blog The Greasers of Hazzick Flats. http://www.thegreasersofhazzickflats.blogspot.com She's never seen in the comic strip, but whenever a scandalous article appears in The Hazzick Flats Gazette, it's credited by Matilda Magillicuddy, Staff Writer.