Maude
Meaning
medieval form of Matilda, traditionally 'battle-mighty'
Maude's name family
One shared root links 4 names across 2 languages.
Shared root: from Germanic Mahthilt, maht "might" + hilt "battle"; Maud is its medieval French contraction
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Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Maude peaked in the 1890s.
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Popularity in Brazil
135 people · the #33,416 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 1,000,000 · median age 69
Among people named Maude living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1940s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
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