The baby name Mafalde is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /maˈfalde/ (mah-FAL-deh).
Mafalde is Italian, Portuguese, Spanish in Origin.
The baby name Mafalde is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /maˈfalde/ (mah-FAL-deh).
Mafalde is Italian, Portuguese, Spanish in Origin.
Mafalde is an archaic Galician-Portuguese spelling or variant of Mafalda, itself the Iberian and Italian form of Matilda/Matilde. It descends from the Germanic Mahthildis (maht “might, strength” + hild “battle”), yielding the meaning “mighty in battle.” In medieval records of Portugal and Galicia, feminine names sometimes show oblique-case forms in -e (Terese, Urrace, Mafalde), so Mafalde appears in charters and lyric. The standard modern form is Mafalda; Mafalde as a given name today is rare but intelligible in Lusophone contexts.
Use has been linked to royal bearers such as Infanta Mafalda of Portugal (12th c.) and Princess Mafalda of Savoy (20th c.), helping maintain visibility in Iberia and Italy; the comic-strip character Mafalda broadened Spanish-language familiarity. Related variants include Matilda, Matilde, Mathilde, Mahaut, Maud/Maude, and Matylda. Short forms Tilda and Tilde are common, with local nicknames like Mafi or Falda.
Mafalde is extremely rare. Our whole dataset turns up only 1 recorded use, across 1 country.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CL | Girls | 0 | #915 | 1 | 14,098 |
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