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Where does “Maud” come from?

Maud is an English name derived from Old French Mahaut, of uncertain ultimate origin.

Ancestry of “Maud”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchMahaut—
2Frankish*Mahtihild—
3Proto-Germanic*Mahtihildiz—

Words derived from “Maud”

  • Maudie
Every word from Proto-Germanic *Mahtihildiz →