'''Maude''' is a surname, and also a feminine given name, and may refer to:
== People == === Surname === * Maude (surname)
=== Given name === * Empress Matilda (1101–1167), also called Empress Maud or Maude, first female ruler of England, mother of Henry II * Maude Adams (1872–1953), American actress * Maude Allen (1879–1956), American character actress * Maude Andrews Ohl (1862–1943), American journalist, poet, novelist * Maude Annesley (1871–1930), English novelist * Maude Apatow (born 1997), American actress * Maude Ballou (1925–2019), American civil rights activist * Maude Barlow (born 1947), Canadian author and activist * Maude Brown Dawson (1874–1946), wife of former governor of West Virginia William M. O. Dawson and served as that state's first lady, 1909–1913 * Maude Cary (1878–1967), Christian American missionary to North Africa, specifically Morocco * Maude Duncan, an American newspaperwoman and a former mayor of Winslow, Arkansas * Maude Eburne (1875–1960), Canadian character actress of stage and screen, known for playing eccentric roles * Maude Fay (1878–1964), American operatic soprano who was known for singing dramatic roles * Maude Fealy (1883–1971), American stage and film actress * Maude Frazier (1881–1963), American politician from Nevada * Maude Fulton (1881–1950), Broadway stage actress who later became a Hollywood screenwriter * Maude Garrett (born 1986), Australian broadcaster * Maude George (1888–1963), American actress of the silent era * Maude Harcheb, French singer and reality television contestant in ''Les Anges de la téléréalité'', known by her mononym Maude * Maude Kaufman Eggemeyer (1877–1959), early 20th-century painter associated with the Richmond Group of artists in Richmond, Indiana * Maude Kegg (1904–1996), Ojibwa writer, folk artist and cultural interpreter * Maude Kerns (1876–1965), American artist * Maude Lloyd (1908–2004), South African ballerina and dance critic * Maude Maggart, American singer * Maude Meagher (1895–1977), novelist, author of ''Fantastic Traveller'' * Maude Nugent (1877–1958), American songwriter * Maude Odell (1870–1937), American actress * Maude B. Perkins (1874-1932), American educator and temperance reformer * Maude Gillette Phillips (1860–?), American author and educator * Maude Robinson (1859–1950), Quaker writer of short stories * Maude Royden (1876–1956), British preacher and suffragist * Maude Storey (1930–2003), British nurse, nursing administrator and writer, as well as president of the Royal College of Nursing from 1988 to 1990 * Maude Turner Gordon (1868–1940), American actress * Maude C. Waitt, American politician, former member of the Ohio Senate * Maude Valérie White (1855–1937), French-born English composer
== Characters == *Maude Flanders, a fictional character from ''The Simpsons'' *Maude Findlay, a fictional character on the controversial 1970s sitcom ''Maude'' *Maude Frickett, a fictional character from the repertoire of comedian Jonathan Winters * Maude Lebowski, a fictional character played by Julianne Moore in the 1998 film "The Big Lebowski" * Dame Marjorie "Maude" Chardin, a fictional character in the 1971 film ''Harold and Maude'' * Carl's "Mama" in ''Carl the Collector'' * Maude, from the graphic novel series ''Dog Man''
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==See also== *Viscount Hawarden, family name Maude *Maud (given name)
Category:English feminine given names Category:Feminine given names Category:Surnames derived from given names nn:Maude