Mathilda
Proper noun
Meaning
Mathilda
A female given name from the Germanic languages, a less common spelling of Matilda.
Examples
As he is dying, Léon places an object in Stansfield's hands that he says is "from Mathilda".
Her abusive father and self-absorbed stepmother have not noticed that Mathilda stopped attending class at her school for troubled girls.
Léon, after discovering her plan in a note left for him, rescues Mathilda, shooting two more of Stansfield's men in the process.
Léon and Mathilda form an unusual relationship, as she becomes his protégée and learns the hitman's trade.
Mathilda asks Tony to give her a job as a hitman; Tony angrily declines, telling Mathilda to forget about her ordeal and return to school.
Mathilda learns from Stansfield that Léon killed one of the corrupt DEA agents in Chinatown that morning.