Maud (given name)

Maud or Maude (approximately pronounced /mɔːd/ 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]

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
Maud of Wales (1869–1938), also known as Maud, Queen of Norway, a member of the British Royal Family
Maud Carnegie, Countess of Southesk (1893–1945), née Lady Maud Duff, titled Princess Maud from 1905-1923, a member of the British Royal Family
Maud of Savoy (1125–1158), first Queen Consort of Portugal

Other

Maud Adams (born 1945), Swedish actress
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 Hawinkels (born 1976), Dutch television presenter
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
Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942), Canadian writer
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
Alice Maud Krige (born 1954), South African actress and producer
Maud Wilde (1880-1965), American physician, organizational founder, and author

References

^ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/genealogy/records/mawd-ferch-mael_24776958 ^{[user-generated source]}
^ "Origin and Meaning of the Name Maud". babynamesworld. Retrieved 2008-09-29.
^ "Maud - Name Meaning and Origin". thinkbabynames.com. Retrieved 2008-09-29.