Maud (given name) explained
Maud or Maude (approximately pronounced pronounced as //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 episode of the same name
- Maud Powell (1867–1920), American violinist
- Alice Maud Krige (born 1954), South African actress and producer
See also
Notes and References
- https://www.ancestry.co.uk/genealogy/records/mawd-ferch-mael_24776958
- Web site: Origin and Meaning of the Name Maud . 2008-09-29 . babynamesworld.
- Web site: Maud - Name Meaning and Origin . 2008-09-29 . thinkbabynames.com.
