First names in Hebrew

First name Mathilda: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

מטילדה

Gematria value: 98

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Mathilda is written מטילדה

Mathilda is another spelling of Matilda.

Meaning and origin

What does Mathilda mean?

Meaning: "strong in battle" (Germanic maht and hild)
Origin: Germanic

Matilda is the English, Italian and Scandinavian form of Mathilde. It comes from the Germanic maht, "strength", and hild, "battle": "strong in battle". It was a name of queens in the Middle Ages, and Roald Dahl's Matilda (1988), a brave and brilliant little girl, brought it back.

Gematria

Mathilda = 98

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. מטילדה has 6 letters:

• מthe letter Mem40
• טthe letter Tet9
• יthe letter Yod10
• לthe letter Lamed30
• דthe letter Dalet4
• הthe letter He5
• Total98

The verse of the name

From the letter Mem to the letter He

An ancient custom gives each person a verse: the one that begins with the first letter of their name and ends with the last. For Mathilda, from מ to ה:

מַיִם עֲמֻקִּים דִּבְרֵי פִי־אִישׁ נַחַל נֹבֵעַ מְקוֹר חׇכְמָה׃

“The words of a man's mouth are deep waters; the source of wisdom is a flowing stream.”

Proverbs 18:4

The book of your first name

Mathilda, in nine pages

• Mathilda, in Hebrew
• Letter by letter
• The number of your name
• The verse of your name
• The portrait of Mathilda
• Mathilda, day to day
• What tradition says about names
• The sources

Frequently asked

Mathilda in three answers

How do you write Mathilda in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Mathilda is written מטילדה. Mathilda is another spelling of Matilda.

What is the gematria value of Mathilda?
Written מטילדה, Mathilda is worth 98: the letter Mem (40) + the letter Tet (9) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter Lamed (30) + the letter Dalet (4) + the letter He (5).

What does Mathilda mean?
Strong in battle" (Germanic maht and hild) (origin: Germanic). Matilda is the English, Italian and Scandinavian form of Mathilde. It comes from the Germanic maht, "strength", and hild, "battle": "strong in battle". It was a name of queens in the Middle Ages, and Roald Dahl's Matilda (1988), a brave and brilliant little girl, brought it back.