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I heard this recently as well, and I want to like it but don't...at all. :b I think of cloth. lol I love Mathilde, though.

How I'd pronounce it: Klaw-Tild-uh
I agree. It's hideous.

I like it for a heroin in a novel, it's a very romantic sounding name to me but I could never use it, even for a middle name

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alice x
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Proud big sister to Sophie and Isabel

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It's a medieval Germanic name

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It's composed of the elements hlud "famous" and hild "battle", so it means "famous battle". It's already in the database under Clothilde, and variants in the database are Clotilda (English) and Klotild (Hungarian).

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Clothilde (475-545) was the daughter of King Chilperic of Burgundy; she then became the wife of the important Frankish king Clovis, and the mother of Clovis's three sons. She converted Clovis to Christianity, and subsequently became a saint after her death.

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As for the name itself, I like it if it's for a character. But today I think the Clot- beginning makes it vulnerable to teasing, and moreover I just can't picture it on a baby today (although I can picture it on a medieval baby).

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Miranda
"Multiple exclamation marks are a sure sign of diseased mind" -- Terry Pratchett

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!!!!!!!!!! ← Maud, John, Alice, Peter, Emma, Edith, Lewis, Henry, Isabel, and Joseph

I think it's cute, but it makes me think of cloth

I really don't like it. It just makes me think of blood clots, not the best association.

This is a very old European name. Clothilde (French), Clotilda (English). I'm not sure of the German spelling. According to "From Aaron to Zoe," it means "loud battle."

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I'm a sucker for obscure, medieval names. (I'm a history buff.) So this name appeals to me, but it's definitely an acquired taste.