Names like Matilda

Matilda is a three-syllable Germanic name that ends on a vowel. Each list below follows one of those threads on its own, so you can see exactly what the names share.

The same sound

Three syllables, ending the same way as Matilda.

Miranda Latin · means 'admirable', coined by Shakespeare from Latin 'mirandus' for The Tempest

Belinda Germanic · meaning uncertain (possibly 'beautiful serpent')

Melinda English · modern blend, evokes Melissa and Belinda

Erlinda Germanic · the Spanish and Filipino form of the Germanic Ermelinda, from irmin, whole, universal, and lind, gentle, tender, or shield

The same roots

Also Germanic names, from the tradition Matilda comes from.

Griselda Germanic · gray battle maiden (Germanic root, carried into Spanish via the literary figure of patient Griselda)

Louisa Germanic · feminine form of Louis, 'famous warrior'

Alberta Germanic · feminine form of Albert, 'noble and bright'

Adelaide Germanic · noble kind

The same feel

Also vintage revival names.

Mafalda Portuguese · mighty in battle (Iberian form of the German Mechthild/Matilda); famously borne by the Portuguese Infanta Mafalda; also used by German-Brazilian families

Eleanor Greek · traditionally "light," by association with Helen, though it began as the Occitan Alienor, its true root debated; queens of Aquitaine and England wore it, a First Lady dignified it, and the vintage revival returned it to the top tier. Nell, Ellie, and Nora wait inside

Isolda Portuguese · Portuguese form of the Germanic/Celtic legend Isolde

Estella Latin · from 'stella', meaning 'star'

Names of the same moment

Each of these is at its highest in the 2020s, the same decade as Matilda, on a similar curve.

Willa Germanic · feminine form of William ("will helmet")

Adaline Germanic · variant of Adeline, "noble"

Lorelai Germanic · traditionally linked to the Rhine legend of a siren maiden; possibly 'luring rock', from German lureln (murmur) and ley (rock)

Emmaline Germanic · variant of Emmeline, from Germanic 'amal', meaning 'work, industrious'

The full Matilda page: meaning, origin and 130 years of records

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