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.

Mattie Rank in US Top 1000

# 958 in the US

Popularity of the name Mattie

• 958 US 2014
• 1779 Nameberry 2025
• 42 Unique 2023

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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"