Maud or Maude

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applemelons · 07/02/2025 21:16

Choosing this name for our daughter, but unsure which spelling is best.

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MistyF · 08/02/2025 04:01

I prefer Maud

LadyGAgain · 07/02/2025 23:13

Maud is ugly.
Maude is more feminine.
The sound of the name when spoken is harsh and doesn't sound nice in an English accent IMO.

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 07/02/2025 22:41

Maud. Wasn’t the best friend in The Worst Witch called that? (I loved those classic kids books) and I think Maud was a well known diminutive of the Empress Matilda too, so that’s also a cool historical namesake (as well as one or two other Queen Maud’s).

The E seems unnecessary for Maud- imo this isn’t an “Anne with an E” situation where the Anne spelling is as well known or more popular than the simpler/original Ann spelling (Anne Boleyn, various other Queen Anne’s, Anne of Green Gables, Shakespeare’s wife Anne Hathaway etc etc). I think most people would assume the Maud spelling unless told otherwise.

lurkerchan · 07/02/2025 22:26

Personally like Maude better

SkaneTos · 07/02/2025 22:18

They are both lovely! I can't choose.
Such a pretty name.

user1492757084 · 07/02/2025 22:16

Maud I would choose - simply so that people pronounce it correctly.
Maude is lovely too.

shoopshoopdedoo · 07/02/2025 22:13

I think I’d pick Maud. I always like the simpler version of a name. But both are nice!

AubernFable · 07/02/2025 21:19

I much prefer Maude, it has a girlier and less severe feel to it imo. It’s a pretty name 😌

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