Maud
Maud or Maude derived from the Old French name Mahaut for Matilda. It originated in Old High German and consisted of the two words 'maht' and 'hiltja'. Its meaning is thus "powerful battler" or "powerful in battle".
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Meaning & Origin of Maud
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Maud or Maude derived from the Old French name Mahaut for Matilda. It originated in Old High German and consisted of the two words 'maht' and 'hiltja'. Its meaning is thus "powerful battler" or "powerful in battle".
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
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The Story of Maud
The earliest SSA record of Maud as a baby girl name dates back to 1880, when 345 babies received it. 1886 was its biggest year on record, with 478 newborns named Maud — #74 in the national rankings. About 32% of every Maud on record arrived during the 1880s, its defining decade. Maud last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 13K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Maud
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About the name Maud
Maud is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 13K births in the dataset. Maud's peak popularity came in 1886 when it ranked #74. Use the chart and map above to compare Maud's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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