Maud

Gender Feminine
Usage English, French, Dutch, Swedish
Pronounced Pron. /ˈmɔd/(English) /mod/(French) /ˈmɑu̯t/(Dutch)  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Medieval English and French form of Matilda. Though it became rare after the 14th century, it was revived and once more grew popular in the 19th century, perhaps due to Alfred Tennyson's 1855 poem Maud [1].

Related Names

Rootsmaht + hilt/hild
VariantsMathilda, Matilda, Maude(English) Mathilde, Maude(French)
DiminutivesMattie, Maudie, Tilda, Tillie, Tilly(English)
Other Languages & CulturesMatylda(Czech) Mathilde, Tilde(Danish) Matilda, Tilda(Finnish) Mathilde, Mechthild, Mechtilde(German) Mahthilt, Mathildis(Germanic) Matild(Hungarian) Mafalda, Matilde(Italian) Mahaut(Medieval French) Mathilde(Norwegian) Mahtihildiz(Old Germanic) Matylda(Polish) Mafalda, Matilde(Portuguese) Matilda(Slovak) Matilda(Slovene) Mafalda, Matilde(Spanish) Mallt(Welsh)
Surname DescendantsMaddison, Madison(English)

Popularity

People think this name is

classic   mature   formal   upper class   natural   wholesome   strong   refined   strange   simple   serious  

Name Days

Norway: June 22
Sweden: March 14

Categories

British royal family, currently out of the US top 1000, D. H. Lawrence characters, English princesses, film titles, healthcare, isograms, JESC names, medieval, My Little Pony characters, naive artists, Nintendo characters, Norwegian royal family, princesses, queens of England, queens of Scotland, scientists, strength, Tennessee Williams characters, The Four Hundred members, The Gilded Age characters, The Legend of Zelda characters, Victorian names, war, warrior, YouTubers

Sources & References

  1. Page at https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Maud,_and_other_poems/Maud.
Entry updated October 6, 2024