Maud (given name)

{{About|||Maude (disambiguation)}} '''Maud''' or '''Maude''' (approximately pronounced {{IPA|/mɔːd/|lang=en}} in English) derived from the Old French name Mahaut for Matilda. It originated in Old High German and consisted of the two words 'maht' (= power, powerful) and 'hiltja' (= battle). Its meaning is thus "powerful battler" or "powerful in battle".

It is a variant of the given name Matilda, but is uncommon as a surname. The Welsh variant of this name is '''Mawd.'''<ref>https://www.ancestry.co.uk/genealogy/records/mawd-ferch-mael_24776958 {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=May 2022}}</ref>

The name's popularity in 19th-century England is associated with Alfred Tennyson's poem ''Maud''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com/meaning_of_Maud.html |title=Origin and Meaning of the Name Maud |accessdate=2008-09-29 |publisher=babynamesworld}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Maud |title=Maud - Name Meaning and Origin |accessdate=2008-09-29 |publisher=thinkbabynames.com}}</ref>

== People with the name include ==

=== Royalty and nobility ===

*Maud, Countess of Huntingdon (c. 1074–1130), Queen of Alba as the wife of King David I of Scotland *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 Angelica Behn (born 2003), member of the Norwegian royal family *Maud Carnegie, Countess of Southesk (1893–1945), née ''Lady Maud Duff'', titled ''Princess Maud'' from 1905 to 1923, a member of the British Royal Family *Maud de Badlesmere (1310–1366), English noblewoman and Countess of Oxford *Maud de Clare (1276–1327), Baroness de Clifford and Baroness de Welles by marriage *Maud de Lacy (1230–1304), Baroness Geneville *Maud de Lacy (1223–1289), Countess of Gloucester *Maud de Prendergast (c. 1242 – 1273), Norman-Irish noblewoman and Lady of Offaly *Maud Francis (c. 1370 – 1424), English noblewoman and Countess of Salisbury *Maud Green, Lady Parr (c. 1490/92 – 1531), English noblewoman and the mother of Katherine Parr, the sixth and final wife of King Henry VIII *Maud Herbert, the eldest daughter of William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke, who intended to marry her to Henry, Earl of Richmond, the later Henry VII *Maud le Vavasour (1176–1225), Irish noblewoman and Baroness Butler *Maud of Apulia (c. 1060 – 1112), Countess of Barcelona *Matilda of Flanders, (<abbr>c.</abbr> 1031 – 1083), also known as "Maud", Queen of England and Duchess of Normandy by marriage to William the Conqueror *Maud of Gloucester (died 1189), Countess of Chester *Maud of Lancaster (c. 1310 – 1377), Countess of Ulster *Maud of Normandy (died 1006) *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 *Maud Palmer, Countess of Selborne (1858–1950), wife of William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne and suffragist * Maud Parr, Lady Lane (c. 1507 – 1558), English courtier and gentlewoman to Queen Katherine Parr, her cousin *Maud Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne (1850–1932), British aristocrat and Vicereine of India

=== Arts ===

*Maud Adams (born 1945), Swedish actress *Maud Aiken (1898–1978), Irish musician and director of the Municipal School of Music in Dublin *Maud Allan (1873–1956), Canadian dancer and choreographer *Maude Apatow (born 1997), American actress *Maud Tindal Atkinson (1875–1954), British painter *Maud Bodkin (1875–1967), English classical scholar *Maud Boyd (1867–1929), British actress and singer *Maud Cressall (1886–1962), British stage and silent film actress *Maud Diver (1867– 1945), English author in British India who wrote novels, short stories, biographies and journalistic pieces on Indian topics and about the English in India *Maud Durbin (1871–1936), American actress and writer *Maud Howe Elliott (1854–1948), American novelist and Pulitzer Prize winner *Maude Fealy (1883–1971), American stage and silent film actress *Maud Forget (born 1982), French actress *Maud Franklin (1857–1939), British painter and mistress of and model for artist James McNeill Whistler *Maud Frère (1923–1979), Belgian novelist *Maud Gatewood (1934–2004), American painter *Maud Hansson (1937–2020), Swedish actress *Maud Cuney Hare (1874–1936), American pianist and musicologist *Maud Hawinkels (born 1976), Dutch television presenter *Maud Hobson (1860 –1913), Australian-born English actress and burlesque performer *Maud Humphrey (1868–1940), American commercial illustrator and watercolorist *Maud Hyttenberg (1920–2009), Swedish actress *Maud Jeffries (1869–1946), American actress and popular subject of theatrical post-cards and photographs *Maud Lewis (1903–1970), Canadian folk artist *Maud Karpeles (1885–1976), British collector of folksongs and dance teacher *Maud Hart Lovelace (1892–1980), American writer *Alice Maud Krige (born 1954), South African actress and producer *Maud MacCarthy (Swami Omananda Puri; 1882–1967), Irish violinist, singer, writer, poet, esoteric teacher and authority on Indian music *Maud Madison (1870–1953), American actress and dancer * {{anbl|Maud Mary Brindley}} *Maud Meyer, Sierra Leonean Nigerian jazz singer *Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874–1942), Canadian writer *Maud Molyneux (1948 –2008), French transgender actress, journalist, costume designer and activist *Maud Morgan (1860–1941), American harpist *Maud Morgan (1903–1999), American modern and abstract expressionist artist and art teacher *Maud Mulder (born 1981), Dutch singer who placed second in TV series ''Idols Netherlands'' *Maud Naftel (1856–1891), English watercolour painter *Maud Powell (1867–1920), American violinist *Maud Julia Augusta Russell (1891–1982), British socialite and art patron *Maud Hunt Squire (1873–1954), American painter and printmaker *Maud Sulter (1960–2008), Scottish fine artist and photographer *Maud Wagner (1877–1961), American circus performer and tattoo artist *Maud Welzen (born 1993), Dutch model *Maud Wyler (born 1982), French actress

=== Politics and activism === * Maud Ball, British politician * Maud Bregeon (born 1991), French politician * Maud Adeline Cloudesley Brereton (1872–1946), British feminist and sanitary reformer * Maud Burnett (1863–1950), British politician who served as the first female mayor of Tynemouth * Maud Gatel, French politician of the Democratic Movement * Maud Gonne (1866–1953), English-born Irish revolutionary, feminist, actress and long-time poetic inspiration to William Butler Yeats * Maud Olivier (born 1953), French politician * Maud Olofsson (born 1955), Swedish politician and former leader of the Swedish Centre Party * Maud Ingersoll Probasco (1864– 1936), American suffragist and animal rights activist * Maud Thompson (1870–1962), American suffragist, women's rights activist and teacher * Maud von Ossietzky (1888–1974), Anglo-Indian suffragette and political activist in Germany *Maud Wood Park (1871–1955), American suffragist and women's rights activist

=== Sport ===

* Maud Banks (1879–1967), English-born American tennis player * Maud Berglund (1934–2000), Swedish freestyle swimmer * Maud Coutereels (born 1986), Belgian football midfielder * Maud Fontenoy (born 1977), French sailor known for rowing across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans * Maud Galtier (1913–2014), French tennis player *Maud Herbert (born 1974), French windsurfer *Maud Le Car (born 1992), Saint Martin-born French professional surfer and model *Maud Megens (born 1996), Dutch water polo player *Maud Medenou (born 1990), French basketball player *Maud Muir (born 2001), English rugby union player *Maud Roetgering (born 1992), Dutch footballer defender *Maud Rosenbaum (1902–1981), Italian-American track-and-field athlete and tennis player *Maud Titterton (1867–1932), British golfer *Maud van der Meer (born 1992), Dutch competitive swimmer

=== Other ===

*Maud Chadburn (1868–1957), British surgeon *Maud Cunard (1872–1948), American society hostess *Maud Cunnington (1869–1951), Welsh archaeologist *Maud de Boer-Buquicchio (born 1944), Dutch jurist *Maud Darwin (1861–1947), American socialite *Maud Frizon (born 1941), French shoe designer *Maud Galt (c. 1620 – c. 1670), Scottish woman accused of witchcraft *Maud McCarthy (1859–1949), nursing sister and British Army matron-in-chief *Maud Menten (1879–1960), Canadian physician-scientist who made significant contributions to enzyme kinetics and histochemistry *Maud Oakes (1903–1990), American ethnologist and writer who published research about the cultures of indigenous tribes in the Americas *Maud Sellers (1861–1939), British historian and museum curator *Maud Slye (1879 –1954), American pathologist *Maud West (1880–13 March 1964), British detective *Maud Wilde (1880–1965), American physician, organizational founder, and author

=== Fictional ===

* Maud, supporting protagonist of the webcomic ''Acception'' * Maud, secondary character in the 2011 French animated film ''A Monster in Paris'', voiced by Ludivine Sagnier * Maud, revenge seeking mule in the comic strip ''And Her Name Was Maud,'' which first appeared in Hearst newspapers in 1904 and was written by Frederick Burr Opper; and in the 1916 animated film adaption * Maud, werecat in the fantasy book series ''The Inheritance Cycle'', written by Christopher Paolini * Maud Bailey, main character in the 1990 Booker Prize for Fiction winning novel ''Possession'', written by A. S. Byatt; and in the 2002 film adaption, where she is played by Gwyneth Paltrow; and in BBC Radio 4's ''Woman's Hour'' serialised radio play adaption, where she is voiced by Jemma Redgrave * Maud Bagshaw, Dowager Baroness Bagshaw, character in the British period drama ''Downton Abbey'', played by Imelda Staunton * Maud Beaton, character in the second series of HBO drama ''The Gilded Age'', played by Nicole Brydon Bloom * Maud Brewster, the romantic interest of protagonist Humphrey Van Weyden in the 1904 adventure novel ''The Sea-Wolf'', written by Jack London; also in the numerous film adaptions of the book * Maud Martha Brown, titular character in the 1953 novel ''Maud Martha,'' written by Pulitzer Prize winning African American poet Gwendolyn Brooks * Maud Grimes, wheelchair-using pensioner in the British soap ''Coronation Street'', played by Elizabeth Bradley * Maud Gunneson, character in the TV series ''Penny Dreadful'', played by Hannah Tointon * Maud Horsham, widowed grandmother living with Alzheimer's disease who investigates a double mystery in the 2019 BBC drama series ''Elizabeth Is Missing'', played by Glenda Jackson (present) and Liv Hill (younger) * Maud Lilly, one of the central characters in the 2002 historical crime novel ''Fingersmith,'' written by Welsh novelist Sarah Waters; and in the 2005 BBC TV adaptation ''Fingersmith,'' where she was played by Elaine Cassidy * Maud MacMuckle, also known as Ever Madder Aunt Maud, one of the principal characters in the Eddie Dickens trilogy of children's books, written by Philip Ardagh * Maud Muller, titular subject of the 1856 poem, written by American Quaker poet John Greenleaf Whittier * Maud O'Hara, character in the 2024 Disney+ series ''Rivals,'' played by Victoria Smurfit * Maud Pie, older sister of Pinkie Pie from the ''My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'' episode of the same name, voiced by Ingrid Nilson * Maud Silver, a retired governess-turned-private detective featured in 32 novels written by Patricia Wentworth * Maud Smith, character in the 1913 American silent short comedy film ''Almost a Rescue'', played by Billie Bennett * Maud Spellbody, Mildred's best friend in ''The Worst Witch'' children's book series, written by Jill Murphy * Maud Watts, working class suffragette and central character in the 2015 film ''Suffragette (film)'', played by Carey Mulligan * Katie/Maud, central character in the 2019 British psychological horror film ''Saint Maud'', played by Morfydd Clark

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