Maud

Where Maud comes from

From Old French Mahaut. Doublet of Matilda.
— Wiktionary's entry for Maud
  • Germanic
  • 1 syllable
Along the way
  1. 1869
    Maud of Wales born
    British princess (1869–1938), Queen consort of Norway from 1905 to 1938
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #70 among girls — 345 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1883
    Peak, #68
    425 babies named Maud — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1903
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #224.
  5. 1945
    Maud Adams born
    Swedish actress
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from the Germanic languages.
Namesakes
  • Maud of Wales · British princess (1869–1938), Queen consort of Norway from 1905 to 1938, 1869–1938
  • Maud Adams · Swedish actress, born 1945
  • Maud Menten · Canadian physician and chemist, 1879–1960
  • Maud Gonne · Irish revolutionary and activist, 1866–1953
  • Maud Lewis · Canadian artist, 1903–1970

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.