Maud (given name)

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Maud or Maude (approximately pronounced /mɔːd/ 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.[1]

The name's popularity in 19th-century England is associated with Alfred Tennyson's poem Maud.[2][3]

People with the name include

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Royalty

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Other

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References

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  1. ^ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/genealogy/records/mawd-ferch-mael_24776958 [user-generated source]
  2. ^ "Origin and Meaning of the Name Maud". babynamesworld. Retrieved 2008-09-29.
  3. ^ "Maud - Name Meaning and Origin". thinkbabynames.com. Retrieved 2008-09-29.

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