Maud (given name)
Maude, is an Old German feminine given name meaning "powerful battler". It is a variant of the given name Matilda but is uncommon as a surname. The Welsh variant of this name is Mawd.
The name's popularity in 19th-century England is associated with Alfred Tennyson's poem Maud.People with the name include
Royalty
- Maud, 2nd Countess of Huntingdon, daughter of Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria and heir to his earldom of Huntingdon
- Empress Matilda,, also known as "Mahaut", "Maud" or "Maude", daughter of King Henry I of England and mother to King Henry II of England
- Princess Maud of Fife, member of the British Royal Family
- Maud of Savoy, first Queen Consort of Portugal
- Maud of Wales, also known as "Maud, Queen of Norway", a member of the British Royal Family
Other
- Maud Adams, Swedish actress
- Maud Flanders, wife of Ned Flanders from The Simpsons
- Maud, supporting protagonist of the webcomic Acception
- Maud Gonne, English-born Irish revolutionary, feminist, actress and long time poetic inspiration to William Butler Yeats
- Maud Lewis, Canadian folk artist
- Maud Menten, Canadian physician-scientist who made significant contributions to enzyme kinetics and histochemistry
- Maud Meyer, Sierra Leonean Nigerian jazz singer
- Maud Mulder, Dutch singer
- Maud Naftel, English watercolour painter
- Maud Pie, older sister of Pinkie Pie from the My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic episode of the same name
- Maud Powell, American violinist
