Mattie

Diminutive of Martha or Matilda
"lady; battle-mighty"

Mattie Origin and Meaning

The name Mattie is a girl's name meaning "lady; battle-mighty".

Mattie, which might be a short form of Martha, Matilda, or even Madeline, ranked among the Top 100 names for girls in the 1880s and in fact, has held a place among the Top 1000 for most of U.S. naming history. It fell off the popularity charts in 2015 and makes a cute, tomboyish option.

A literary choice, it appears in Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton.

# 958 in the US

Mattie Rank in US Top 1000

Popularity of the name Mattie

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Famous People Named Mattie

  • Matheson "Mattie" Spillane
    King Philip Middle School student
  • Mattie Moss Clark
    American gospel singer and mother of the Clark Sisters
  • Mattie Blaylock
    companion of American lawman Wyatt Earp

The name Mattie in Pop Culture

  • Mattie
    Fae Aiken, character in "August: Osage County"
  • Mattie Storin
    character on TV's "House of Cards"
  • Mattie Franklin aka Spider
    Woman, Marvel Comics character
  • Mattie Silver
    character in "Ethan Frome" by Edith Wharton
  • Matilda "Mattie" Cook
    character in "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson
  • Mattie Ross
    character in "True Grit"
  • Mathilda "Mattie" Gokey
    the protagonist in "A Northern Light" by Jennifer Donnelly
  • Mattie
    character in Barbara Kingsolver's "The Bean Trees"