Matilda or Mathilda may refer to:

Animals

  • Matilda (chicken) (1990–2006), World's Oldest Living Chicken record holder
  • Mathilda (gastropod), a genus of gastropods in the family Mathildidae
  • Matilda (horse) (1824–1846), British Thoroughbred racehorse
  • Matilda, a dog of the professional wrestling tag-team The British Bulldogs

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters

  • 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

Film

  • Matilda (1978 film), an American comedy
  • Matilda (1996 film), based on Roald Dahl's novel
  • Matilda (2017 film), а Russian historical romantic drama
  • Matilda the Musical (film) a Netflix adaptation of Matilda the Musical

Literature

  • Matilda (Normanby novel), an 1825 novel by Lord Normanby
  • Matilda (novel), a 1988 children's novel by Roald Dahl
  • Mathilda (novella), a novella by Mary Shelley

Music

  • "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

Other uses in arts and entertainment

  • Matilda the Musical, a 2010 stage musical based on Roald Dahl's novel
  • Matilda Awards, Australian performance awards

People

  • 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 ( – 1256), French noblewoman
  • Matilda of Andechs (died 1245), daughter of Margrave Berthold I of Istria
  • Matilda of Anjou ( – 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 (–1083), wife of William the Conqueror
  • Matilda of France (943–981/982), member of the Carolingian dynasty
  • Matilda of Franconia ( – 1034), daughter of Emperor Conrad II
  • Matilda of Frisia (died 1044), wife of Henry I, King of the Franks
  • Matilda of Ringelheim (–968), or Saint Matilda, a Saxon noblewoman
  • Matilda of Scotland (–1118), wife of Henry I
  • Matilda of Tuscany (1046–1115), Margravine of Tuscany
  • Matilda of Požega ( – after 1255), daughter of Margaret de Courtenay, wife of John Angelos of Syrmia
  • Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria (1813–1862), grand duchess of Hesse

Military

  • Matilda I (tank), a British infantry tank 1938–1940
  • Matilda II, a British infantry tank 1939–1955
  • , the name of two Royal Navy ships

Other uses

  • 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 (ship), the name of several ships
  • Matilda Cruises, an Australia ferry and cruise service
  • MATILDA, a remote-controlled surveillance and reconnaissance robot
  • 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

See also

  • Mathilde (disambiguation)
  • Matilde