Maud
Meaning
“Medieval English/French form (via Old French Mahaut) of Matilda, Germanic maht+hild, mighty in battle. Revived in the 1800s.”
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Maud peaked in the 1890s and the 1900s in nearly equal measure.
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Popularity in Brazil
115 people · the #37,388 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 1,000,000 · median age 68
Among people named Maud living in Brazil at the 2022 census, roughly as many were born in the 1940s as in the 1950s, more than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Maud
Most people given the name Maud in the United States were born between 1940 and 1979. The Maud you meet today is most often in her 60s or 70s.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Maud deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Maud truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Maud fits with your family’s names and surname.
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