Given name
Maudy
“one who is mighty in battle”
Maudy is a variant of Maud. In German use, Maud carries the interpretation “one who is mighty in battle.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Maudy is a variant of Maud. In German use, Maud carries the interpretation “one who is mighty in battle.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1895. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Maudy is a variant of Maud. The history of Maud gives this family its wider story. The family of forms includes Maud and Matilda, names borne by prominent medieval royal women. Alfred Tennyson’s poem Maud, published in 1855, later helped renew interest in the shorter spelling.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Maudy through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 98
- 0 boys · 98 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1937. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 11 in 1916. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 118 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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