Maud

Also, Maude. a female given name, form of Matilda.

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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. 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
As a placename:
In Antarctica:
Queen Maud Land (Norwegian: Dronning Maud Land), an area of 2.5 million square kilometers claimed by Norway in 1938
In Canada:
Queen Maud Gulf, Nunavut, Canada
In New Zealand:
Maud Island, the second largest island in the Marlborough Sounds
In Scotland:
Maud, Aberdeenshire, a small town in the Buchan area of the county of Aberdeenshire
In the United States:
Maud, Illinois, an unincorporated community in Wabash County
Maud, Iowa, an unincorporated community in Allamakee County
Maud, Missouri, an unincorporated community
Maud, Oklahoma, a city in Pottawatomie County
Maud, Texas, a city in Bowie County
Maud, Washington, an unincorporated community
As a ship name:
SS Dronning Maud, a Norwegian Hurtigruten ship sunk under controversial circumstances by German bombers during the 1940 Norwegian Campaign
Maud, a ship used from 1918 to 1925 by Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen in exploring the Northeast Passage (now known as the Northern Sea Route)
Maud, a Norfolk wherry built in 1899
USS Maud (SP-1009), a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1919
In literature:
Maud and other poems, an 1855 volume of poetry by English poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson
"Maud" (poem), title poem in the 1855 volume by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Maud, a werecat in the Inheritance Cycle
Maud may also refer to:
Maud (plaid), a black and white checked plaid once worn in southern Scotland and northern England
MAUD Committee, the beginning of the British atomic bomb project, before the United Kingdom joined forces with the United States in the Manhattan Project
MAUD Program, a program for analysis of materials using diffraction, based on the Rietveld refinement method
MAUDhomme, a Czech men's fashion magazine

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Fem. proper name, from Old French Mahaut, from Medieval Latin Matilda from Germanic (compare Old High German Mahthilda; see Matilda).

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Powerful battler.

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Maud Adams	1945	Swedish actress
2	Maud of Wales	1869	Queen Consort of Norway and British princess
3	Maud Lewis	1903	Canadian artist
4	Maud Gonne	1866	Irish revolutionary and activist
5	Maud Wagner	1877	Circus performer and tattoo artist
6	Maud Humphrey	1868	American artist and suffragette
7	Maud Kennedy	1973	French pornographic actress
8	Maud Menten	1879	Canadian physician and chemist
9	Maud Allan	1873	Choreographer
10	Maud Welzen	1993	Dutch fashion model
11	Maud de Braose	1155	English noblewoman (c. 1155 – 1210)
12	Maud Gage Baum	1861	Wife of L. Frank Baum
13	Maud Cunard	1872	American-born English socialite
14	Maud Chaworth	1282	English noble
15	Maud Ackermann	1965	German voice actor
16	Maud Jurez		French actress
17	Maud Crawford	1891	American lawyer
18	Maud Angelica Behn	2003	Norwegian princess
19	Maud Green, Lady Parr	1492	English noble
20	Maud Marshal	1192	British noble
21	Colin Maud	1903	Royal Navy Officer and beachmaster at Juno beach
22	Maud Hart Lovelace	1892	American writer
23	Maud Watson	1864	English tennis player
24	Maud de Braose, Baroness Wigmore	1224	Welsh noblewoman (1224–1301)
25	Maud Frizon	1941	French fashion designer
26	Maud Olofsson	1955	Swedish politician
27	Maud Kristen	1964
28	Maud Chifamba	1997	Humble lady according to Munyaradzi Madambi
29	Maud of Gloucester, Countess of Chester		English noble
30	Maud Fontenoy	1977	French ocean rower and sailor
31	Maud Powell	1867	Violinist from the United States
32	Maud de Boer-Buquicchio	1944	Dutch jurist
33	Maud Dolsma	1984	Dutch film actor
34	Maud Hawinkels	1976	Dutch presenter / journalist
35	Maud of Lancaster, Countess of Ulster	1310	Irish noble
36	Maud Marin	1945	French jurist and lawyer
37	Maud Bertelsen	1939	Danish actress
38	Maud Wood Park	1871	Suffragist
39	Maud Hansson	1937	Actress
40	Maud Howe Elliott	1854	American writer
41	Maud Russell
42	Maud von Ossietzky	1888	Wife of Carl von Ossietzky
43	Maud Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne	1850	British courtier
44	Maud le Vavasour, Baroness Butler	1176	Irish noble
45	Maud Jeffries	1896	American actress
46	Maud of Normandy		French noble
47	Maud Linder	1924	French journalist, film historian and documentary film director.
48	Maud Bodkin	1875	British classical scholar and writer
49	Maud Karpeles	1885	British song collector
50	Maud Grieve	1858	English herb farmer
51	Maud Forget	1982	French actress
52	Maud Franklin	1857	British artist
53	Maud FitzJohn, Countess of Warwick		English countess
54	Maud Mannoni	1923	French psychoanalyst
55	Maud Buquet		French actress
56	Maud de Lacy, Countess of Gloucester	1223	Countess of Hertford and Gloucester
57	Maud Ballington Booth	1865	American activist
58	Maud de Prendergast, Lady of Offaly	1242	Irish noblewoman
59	Maud Sulter	1960	Artist, poet, short-story writer
60	Maud de Lacy, Baroness Geneville	1230	Irish-Norman noble
61	Maud Cuney Hare	1874	Musician, author
62	Maud Newton	1971	American writer and critic
63	Maud Le Guénédal		French actress
64	Maud McCarthy	1859	British/Australian nurse
65	Maud Pember Reeves	1865	New Zealand feminist
66	Maud Earl	1864	British artist
67	Maud Carpenter	1892
68	Maud van der Meer	1992	Dutch swimmer
69	Maud Vanhauwaert	1984	Belgian poet and actor
70	Maud de Badlesmere, Countess of Oxford	1310	English noble
71	Maud McLure Kelly	1887	American lawyer, suffragist and historian
72	Maud Durbin	1874	American actress, writer
73	Maud Nelke	1892
74	Maud Nycander	1960	Swedish photographer
75	Maud Husberg	1934	Swedish television presenter
76	Maud Barger-Wallach	1870	US tennis player
77	Maud Nathan	1862	American activist
78	Maud Cunnington	1869	British archaeologist
79	Maud Mayeras	1981	French crime writer
80	Maud MacCarthy	1882
81	Maud Lavin		American historian
82	Maud van Praag	1925	Dutch television presenter and presenter
83	Maud Slye	1879	American pathologist
84	Maud Rayer		French actress
85	Maud Yates		British actress
86	Maud Montacute, Countess of Salisbury	1370	English noble
87	Maud Morgan	1900	American artist
88	Maud Daudon	1955	American businesswoman
89	Maud Casey
90	Maud Diver	1867	English author
91	Maud Mulder	1981	Dutch field hockey player and singer
92	Maud Tindal Atkinson	1875	British artist
93	Humphrey Maud	1934	British diplomat
94	Maud Younger	1870	American suffragette
95	Maud Kofod	1971
96	Maud Oakes	1903	American ethnologist
97	Maud de Ufford, Countess of Oxford	1345	English noble
98	Maud Coutereels	1986	Footballer
99	Maud Darwin	1861	American socialite
100	Maud Worcester Makemson	1891	American astronomer
101	Maud Chadburn	1868	British surgeon
102	Maud Nelson	1881	American baseball player
103	Maud Megens	1996	Waterpolo player
104	Maud Mangold	1954	Swedish writer
105	Maud Shackle	1870	English tennis player
106	Maud Bevan	1856	British noble
107	Maud de Belleroche	1922	French actor, woman of letters and journalist
108	Maud Reuterswärd	1920	Swedish writer
109	Maud Babcock	1867	Harvard lecturer
110	Bob Maud	1946	South African tennis player
111	Maud Doria Haviland	1889	English ornithologist
112	Maud Le Car
113	Maud Kaptheijns	1994	Dutch cyclo-crosser
114	Maud de Clare	1276
115	Maud Gobert	1977	French ultramarathon runner
116	Maud Banks		US tennis player
117	Maud Begon	1987
118	Maud Meyer		Nigerian singer
119	Maud Sumner	1902	South African painter
120	Maud Cohen
121	Ralph Maud	1928	Canadian writer
122	Maud Russell England	1863	Teacher, feminist, educationalist, art dealer
123	Maud Eduards	1944
124	Maud Cunitz	1911	German opera singer
125	Philip Maud	1870	English rugby union player
126	Maud Kamatenesi Mugisha	1969	Ugandan scientist
127	Maud Burnett	1863	British politician
128	Maud Herbert	1974	French windsurfer
129	Maud Hyttenberg	1920	Swedish actress
130	Charles M. Maud	1898	British flying ace
131	Maud Bernhagen	1969	Swedish journalist
132	Maud von Rosen	1925	Swedish equestrian
133	Maud Gjeruldsen Bugge	1962
134	Maud Johnson	1918	American journalist
135	Maud Debien	1938	Canadian politician
136	Arthur Maud	1932	English American composer, conductor
137	Maud Hunt Squire	1873	Painter and printmaker
138	Maud Catry	1990	Belgian volleyball player
139	Maud Duplomb	1985	Squash player
140	Maud Galtier	1913	French tennis player
141	Maud Walter	1913	Swedish actress
142	John Maud	1860	Bishop of Kensington
143	Maud Roetgering	1992	Footballer
144	Maud Rosenbaum	1902	American tennis player and athletics competitor
145	Maud Lindström	1980
146	Maud Backéus	1931	Swedish actress
147	Maud Thompson	1870	American activist
148	Maud Forrester-Brown	1885	British surgeon
149	Maud Cressall	1886
150	Maud Nygren	1931	Swedish actress
151	Maud Camatta	1980	Rugby union player
152	Maud Westerdahl	1921	French painter
153	Maud Nörklit	1911	Swedish sprinter
154	Maud Winifred Sherwood	1880	Artist
155	Maud Medenou	1990	French basketball player
156	Maud Boyet
157	Maud Perceval Allen	1880	English soprano
158	Maud Richard		French actress
159	Maud Frère	1923
160	Maud Ekendahl	1949	Swedish politician
161	Maud Berglund	1934	Swedish swimmer
162	Maud Tabachnik	1938	French writer
163	Maud Björnemalm	1936	Swedish politician
164	Maud Malone	1873
165	Maud Elfsiö	1940	Swedish actress
166	Maud Jansson	1969
167	Constance Maud		Author and Suffragette
168	Maud Engbo	1958
169	Maud Sjöqvist	1954	Swedish actress
170	Maud Molyneux	1948	French transgender actor
171	Maud Olivier	1953	French politician
172	Maud Hägg	1944
173	Maud Gatewood	1934
174	Maud Webster	1968	Swedish writer
175	Maud Peeker	1945	Swedish politician
176	Maud Briggs Knowlton	1870
177	Maud Merrill James	1888
178	Maud Ostberg	1918	Swedish artist
179	Maud Wyler	1982	French actress
180	Maud Elwinger	1951	Swedish actress
181	Magdalene Stuart Reeves	1865	Suffragist, social reformer, writer
182	Maud Petit	1971	French politician
183	Maud Raphael Jones	1863	British painter
184	Maud Hall Neale	1869	British painter (1869-1960)
185	Maud Bruce	1287	Sister of Robert I of Scotland
186	Maud von Rosen-Engberg	1902	Swedish sculptor