Maud (given name)

Maud or Maude (approximately pronounced in English), is an Old German 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.

Royalty

 * Maud, 2nd Countess of Huntingdon (1074–1130), daughter of Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria and heir to his earldom of Huntingdon
 * Empress Matilda, (1102–1169), also known as "Mahaut", "Maud" or "Maude", daughter of King Henry I of England and mother to King Henry II of England
 * Maud of Wales (1869–1938), also known as Maud, Queen of Norway, a member of the British Royal Family
 * Maud Carnegie, Countess of Southesk (1893–1945), née Lady Maud Duff, titled Princess Maud from 1905-1923, a member of the British Royal Family
 * Maud of Savoy (1125–1158), first Queen Consort of Portugal

Other

 * Maud Adams (born 1945), Swedish actress
 * Maud (fictional), supporting protagonist of the webcomic Acception
 * Maud Gonne (1866–1953), English-born Irish revolutionary, feminist, actress and long-time poetic inspiration to William Butler Yeats
 * Maud Hawinkels (born 1976), Dutch television presenter
 * Maud Lewis (1903-1970), Canadian folk artist
 * Maud Menten (1879–1960), Canadian physician-scientist who made significant contributions to enzyme kinetics and histochemistry
 * Maud Meyer, Sierra Leonean Nigerian jazz singer
 * Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942), Canadian writer
 * Maud Mulder (born 1981), Dutch singer
 * Maud Naftel (1856-1891), English watercolour painter
 * Maud Olivier (born 1953), French politician
 * Maud Pie (fictional), older sister of Pinkie Pie from the My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic episode of the same name
 * Maud Powell (1867–1920), American violinist
 * Alice Maud Krige (born 1954), South African actress and producer