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There's no real difference between Maud and Maude. It's just a spelling variation, like Sara and Sarah. Maud and Maude are pronounced the same. I'd guess Maud is older, because this site says that Maude is a variation of Maud, and not the other way around.

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I prefer Maud, that spelling, to Matilda. Both Maud and Matilda are ugly, but Maud is charming-ugly and Matilda is just ugly and Maud is not clunky as Matilda is.