Maud (given name)

Maude (approximately pronounced "mawd" in English), is an Old German name meaning "powerful battler". It is a variant of the given name Matilda but is uncommon as a surname. The Welsh variant of this name is Mawd.[1]

For other uses, see Maude (disambiguation).

The name's popularity in 19th-century England is associated with Alfred Tennyson's poem Maud.[2][3]

People with the name include

Royalty
  • Maud, 2nd Countess of Huntingdon (1074–1130), daughter of Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria and heir to his earldom of Huntingdon
  • Empress Matilda, (1102–1169), also known as "Mahaut", "Maud" or "Maude", daughter of King Henry I of England and mother to King Henry II of England
  • Princess Maud of Fife (1893–1945), member of the British Royal Family
  • Maud of Savoy (1125–1158), first Queen Consort of Portugal
  • Maud of Wales (1869–1938), also known as "Maud, Queen of Norway", a member of the British Royal Family

Other
  • Maud Adams (born 1945), Swedish actress
  • Maud Flanders (fictional), wife of Ned Flanders from The Simpsons
  • Maud (fictional), supporting protagonist of the webcomic Acception
  • Maud Gonne (1866–1953), English-born Irish revolutionary, feminist, actress and long time poetic inspiration to William Butler Yeats
  • Maud Lewis (1903-1970), Canadian folk artist
  • Maud Menten (1879–1960), Canadian physician-scientist who made significant contributions to enzyme kinetics and histochemistry
  • Maud Meyer, Sierra Leonean Nigerian jazz singer
  • Maud Mulder (born 1981), Dutch singer
  • Maud Naftel (1856-1891), English watercolour painter
  • Maud Olivier (born 1953), French politician
  • Maud Pie (fictional), older sister of Pinkie Pie from the My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic episode of the same name
  • Maud Powell (1867–1920), American violinist
  • Maud Brewster (fictional), The Only Female character in Jack London’s Book, The Sea-Wolf‌

References
  1. https://www.ancestry.co.uk/genealogy/records/mawd-ferch-mael_24776958
  2. "Origin and Meaning of the Name Maud". babynamesworld. Retrieved 2008-09-29.
  3. "Maud - Name Meaning and Origin". thinkbabynames.com. Retrieved 2008-09-29.

See also
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