Mathilde
Meaning and origin
From French, German, Dutch, Norwegian, and Danish Mathilde, equivalents of Matilda.
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Mathilde (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Mathilde has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2019. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | 10 |
| 2001 | 15 |
| 2002 | 12 |
| 2003 | 11 |
| 2004 | 10 |
| 2005 | 8 |
| 2006 | 8 |
| 2007 | 20 |
| 2008 | 12 |
| 2009 | 15 |
| 2010 | 17 |
| 2011 | 16 |
| 2012 | 10 |
| 2013 | 13 |
| 2014 | 25 |
| 2015 | 15 |
| 2016 | 11 |
| 2017 | 13 |
| 2018 | 13 |
| 2019 | 26 |
| 2020 | 19 |
| 2021 | 20 |
| 2022 | 12 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 160 |
| 2000 | 175 |
| 2001 | 188 |
| 2002 | 198 |
| 2003 | 211 |
| 2004 | 228 |
| 2005 | 235 |
| 2006 | 243 |
| 2007 | 260 |
| 2008 | 283 |
| 2009 | 292 |
| 2010 | 316 |
| 2011 | 334 |
| 2012 | 346 |
| 2013 | 363 |
| 2014 | 387 |
| 2015 | 405 |
| 2016 | 418 |
| 2017 | 435 |
| 2018 | 453 |
| 2019 | 484 |
| 2020 | 512 |
Mathilde in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Mathilde.Hi! My name is Mathilde.
- Mathilde bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Mathilde lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Vet du om Mathilde kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Mathilde is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Mathildes mamma är lärare.Mathilde's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Mathildes mamma is Mathilde's mum.
Related names and other spellings
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Questions about Mathilde
How do you pronounce Mathilde in Swedish?
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What does the name Mathilde mean?
From French, German, Dutch, Norwegian, and Danish Mathilde, equivalents of Matilda.
How popular is Mathilde in Sweden?
12 babies were named Mathilde in 2022. In 2020, 512 people in Sweden had Mathilde as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2019 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.