Maud is a girl's name of French origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 6 girls in the United States.
Maud belongs to the French tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess. It travels in a few spellings: Matilda.
In the United States, Maud first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #68 in 1883, and in 2024 6 babies received the name — 13,159 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Maud is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its French origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Maud is a girl name. In 2024, 6 babies received the name in the US.
Maud comes from the French tradition. It is also spelled Matilda.
Maud first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #68 in 1883, and 6 babies were given the name in 2024.
Maud is pronounced /mɔːd/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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