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I far prefer it without the H; given that it wouldn't be pronounced, there seems to be no point.

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I like it too. For humans, I really enjoy the nn Tilly.

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However, my #1 association is with a marvellous rescue dog who owned us for years. She was part Border Collie and part who knows what, black with white markings and short legs. Highly intelligent, friendly and loyal and very good with other animals; she'd had a horrible life before we got her, but she rose above it. We kept Matilda as her name, and she quickly became Matt the Mutt.

I like it, but I think Matilda is nicer than Mathilda, the h seems sort of pointless. She’d have to remind “it’s Matilda with a h” each time someone had to write it down.

Mathilda is the name of my great-aunt, who was born in the 1940s. She has always gone by Hilda and was one of my favourite people from my mother's side of the family (until a rift appeared on that side of the family a few years ago), because she is a boisterous and fun-loving person.

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I prefer the spelling Mathilda myself, because it's closer to the original name and therefore seems more correct.

I like the name, but only with the Matilda spelling. Mathilda just doesn't look right to me for some reason. The Australian poem "Waltzing Matilda" is the biggest association that I have with the name.

I like it a lot but it is getting trendy or already trendy and a bit overused if you live in Australia/UK/New Zealand. I much prefer Matilda. Mathilda looks heavy and like you should pronounce the -th as a -th and not a -t :P I associate it with the book and movie but also with two nice girls I know with the name. I like Mattie and Matilda but not so fond of Tilly as a nickname.