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Template:Wiktionary Matilda or Mathilda may refer to: Template:TOC right
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), the second long work of fiction of 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 (c. 1200 ‒ 1256), French noblewoman
- Matilda of Andechs (died 1245), daughter of Margrave Berthold I of Istria
- Matilda of Anjou (c. 1106 – 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 (Template:Circa–1083), wife of William the Conqueror
- Matilda of France (943–981/982), member of the Carolingian dynasty
- Matilda of Franconia (c. 1027 – 1034), daughter of Emperor Conrad II
- Matilda of Frisia (died 1044), wife of Henry I, King of the Franks
- Matilda of Ringelheim (Template:Circa–968), or Saint Matilda, a Saxon noblewoman
- Matilda of Scotland (Template:Circa–1118), wife of Henry I
- Matilda of Tuscany (1046–1115), Margravine of Tuscany
- Matilda of Požega (Template:Circa-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
- Template:HMS, 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