Maude

[xxoverworkedandanxiousxx]

My great grandma was called Maud and I always thought what an awful old name until the last few months and I’ve completely fallen in love with it!!

currently like;

Maude Elizabeth
Maude Penelope
Maude Vivienne
Maude Jacqueline
Maude Isabelle

I absolutely love old fashioned names 😅

what do you think

Who would look at a tiny beautiful little baby and think Hello Maud. Awful.

Seriously Op I think I might have just figured out why I don't like it.

It's either to do with Mods as in Mods n Rockers.

Or it reminds me of mud - without the e it's one letter away from Mud. If you are going to use it you need the Muade or she will end up a Mud, Mud glorious mud

For the record I don't like Cludia either similar clumpy vibe.

I'm heartbroken 😓

Sorry @AuntieMaud, are you called after someone?
I have often wondered if Maude was short for something?

I am not a fan of frilly names but Maude is a bit too harsh sounding for me.

Very harsh sounding! Like Ruth.

I prefer softer sounding names

I really like it and it's on my list, but would use the European pronunciation Mowd. I like Maura too, which is slightly softer.

Maura is that like Laura with a M?

@xxoverworkedandanxiousxx , call her Ava or Freya. You'll get MN approval.

No because they are overused and dull

@MerryMarys , but on here they're 'gorgeous and timeless'.
IMO the first time I heard them i thought 'Oh, that's a bit different. Nice'. Now, like you, I think 'Overused and dull'.

I adore it but without the 'e'. Makes me think of Maud Gonne.

Maud or Maude (approximately pronounced /mɔːd/ in English), is an Old German name meaning "powerful battler". It is a variant of the given name Matilda but is uncommon as a surname. The Welsh variant of this name is Mawd.

I love the name Maud and also had a great grandmother called Maud (discovered fairly recently). If you like it @xxoverworkedandanxiousxx and don't worry about what some other people think.

I think it's sweet. My (lovely) great grandmother was named Maud but upgraded to Maude at some point so I think it would be fine to spell either way. If my cousin hadn't already used it for her baby it would be on my list.
Way, way back it was a diminutive of Matilda so you could go with that too if you wanted. "My" Maud had sisters Ivy and Norah, for further inspo.

I also think they’re overused and dull. Especially as they’re only ever paired with Rose/May/Grace. Boring!

I don’t like Maude, it falls into drab catagory.

I really like Maud, preferably without the e.

Maud Elizabeth is lovely.

I think Maud is possibly the worse name I have ever heard for a girl in the history of girls names!

But it's special to you, so if you like it you go for it!

You say Maud and my brain thinks maudlin! For me it would be like calling a child Misery.

I do like it, but can remember that it often became Maudie.
Now I will be singing "Come Into the Garden Maud" for the rest of the afternoon. 😮

Agree all this.

I think the e softens it, moves it a step away from maudlin, and I also agree a soft middle name like Elizabeth or Isabelle pairs well with it.

I like it but prefer it with the e! Think it feminises the look of the name with the e on the end

I know a five year old Maud...it's on its way back...

I had a great aunt Maude, seems that sort of name to me. Makes me think of Hinge and Bracket singing 'come into the garden Maud'.