Maud (given name)
Maud (approximately pronounced "mawd" in English), is an Old German feminine given name meaning "powerful battler". It is a variant of the given name Matilda but is uncommon as a surname.
The name's popularity in 19th century England is associated with Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem Maud.[1][2] People with the name include:
- Maud, 2nd Countess of Huntingdon (1074–1130), daughter of Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria and heir to his earldom of Huntingdon
- Maud Adams (born 1945), Swedish actress
- 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 Meyer, Sierra Leonean Nigerian jazz singer
- Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874–1942), Canadian writer
- Maud Mulder (born 1981), Dutch singer
- Maud Powell (1867–1920), American violinist
- 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
- Princess Maud of Fife (1893–1945), member of the British Royal Family
- 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 Flanders, wife of Ned Flanders from The Simpsons
- Maud Pie, older sister of Pinkie Pie from the My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic episode of the same name
References
- ↑ "Origin and Meaning of the Name Maud". babynamesworld. Retrieved 2008-09-29.
- ↑ "Maud - Name Meaning and Origin". thinkbabynames.com. Retrieved 2008-09-29.
See also
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