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Re: Maud or Maude?
by Bear
4/6/2010, 10:01 AM
in reply to a message by Kitty
Maud / Maude is terrific. It makes me think of Queen Matilda and the civil war she waged against her cousin Stephen for the English thrown. The people called her, "Maude / Maud." I started out prefering the Maude spelling. But now the less-is-more Maud spelling is gaining ground. It's the same transformation I've been undergoing with Isabelle --> Isobel. Winifred and Enid are awesome. I'm hoping Enid gains in popularity soon. She's such a surprising little power-house of a name. My favorite names ending in "d:"Angharad (so Welsh it sound Arabic!)
Mairead
Sinead
Ingrid
Astrid
Clothilde
Mathilde
Sioned
Blaithnaid (/ Blathnat)
Brigid
Enid
Soledad
Trinidad
Verdad
Emerald
Melisande
Yolande
Ermingarde
Hildegarde
JadeFun thread.
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- lawruh   +1
4/6/2010, 3:40 PM
OTA teacher I had in middle school has a daughter named Angharad, no lie. :) Her father's family was Welsh.

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- Bear
4/6/2010, 3:42 PM
Yay!
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- Speranza   +2
4/6/2010, 2:38 PM
How could I have forgotten Angharad and Blaithnaid!
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- Bear   +1
4/6/2010, 3:41 PM
As easily as I forgot Adelaide, Rosamund and Eseld. :-)

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- Speranza
4/6/2010, 5:20 PM
:)Adelaide - duh!
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- New_Chloe   +1
4/6/2010, 2:23 PM
so welsh it sounds arabicmy god you are right. That is one heckuva name. I instantly resepct it. And it is said EXACTLY as it looks, how unique with a Welsh name!
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- Bear
4/6/2010, 3:43 PM
Isn't Angharad gorgeous? It's a shame she frightens people. She only wants to be their friend. :-)
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