Maud is the medieval French form of Mathilda — from the Germanic maht (might) + hild (battle). A top-100 US baby name from 1880 to 1925, peaking at #30 in 1890. Empress Maud (Empress Matilda, 1102-1167) — daughter of King Henry I of England; her struggle to claim the English throne during The Anarchy (1135-1153) was one of the most-significant succession crises in English history. Maud Lewis (1903-1970) — *Canadian folk artist; one of Canada's most-beloved 20th-century painters; her tiny painted house in Marshalltown, Nova Scotia (4x5 meters) is preserved at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia — one of Canada's most-visited cultural sites; the 2016 biographical film Maudie with Sally Hawkins received the BAFTA Award nomination for Best Actress and the Genie/Canadian Screen Award. Maud Gonne (1866-1953) — Irish revolutionary; muse of W.B. Yeats; the inspiration for his iconic poems "He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven" and "No Second Troy." Maud Adams (born 1945) — Swedish actress; appeared in two James Bond films (The Man with the Golden Gun 1974 and Octopussy 1983) — one of only two actresses to play different Bond Girls. *Maud (1855)** — Alfred Lord Tennyson's long narrative poem.
Featured throughout Canadian art, Irish poetry, and English history.
Maud reduces to seven.