Maud (given name)

Maud is a female first name.

Origin, Meaning and variants

Maud is an English form of the name Mathilda ( German: Mathilde ). Another notation is Maude.

The first name Maud evolved from the Old French form of Mathilda Mahaut. In the 19th century, the name in the English-speaking world by the poem Maud by Alfred Tennyson (1855 ) was revived.

The origin of the name is from the Old High German, and consists of the two words ' MAHT ' = power, powerful, and ' hiltja ' = the fight. The meaning is thus 'Mighty warrior '.

Famous names winners

Aristocrat

  • Matilda, Empress of the Holy Roman Empire
  • Maud Chaworth (1282-1322), wife of Henry Plantagenet, 3rd Earl of Lancaster
  • Maud of Saxe- Coburg and Gotha (1869-1938), Queen of Norway
  • Maud Duff, Countess of Southesk (1893-1945), British princess
  • Maud Angelica Behn (* 2003), daughter of Princess Märtha Louise of Norway

Politicians

  • Maude Barlow ( b. 1947 ), Canadian activist
  • Maud Gonne (1866-1953), Irish revolutionary
  • Maud Olofsson ( born 1955 ), Swedish politician
  • Gabriele Pauli Maud ( b. 1957 ), German politician

Actresses and dancers

Athletes

  • Maud Barger -Wallach (1870-1954), American tennis player
  • Maud Fontenoy ( b. 1977 ), French water sportswoman
  • Maud Watson (1864-1946), British tennis player

Other

  • Maud Ackermann ( b. 1965 ), German voice actor
  • Maud Perceval Allen (1880-1955), English singer (soprano )
  • Maude Hutchins (1899-1991), American writer
  • Maud Menten (1879-1960), Canadian physician
  • Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942), Canadian writer
  • Maud von Ossietzky (1888-1974), wife of Carl von Ossietzky
  • Maud Powell (1867-1920), American violin virtuoso

Film

Maude is part of the movie title:

  • Harold and Maude
  • Female first name
Matilda (name) Princess Maud, Countess of Southesk
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