Maud

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Not to be confused with Maude.

Maud may refer to:

As a feminine given name:

• Maud, 2nd Countess of Huntingdon (1074–1130), daughter of Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria and heir to his earldom of Huntingdon
• Maud Gonne (1866–1953), English-born Irish revolutionary, feminist, actress and long time poetic inspiration to William Butler Yeats
• Maud Mulder (born 1981), Dutch singer
• Maud of Wales (1869–1938), also known as "Maud, Queen of Norway", a member of the British Royal Family
• Princess Maud of Fife (1893–1945), a member of the British Royal Family
• Empress Matilda, (1102–1169), also known by her Saxon name "Maud" or "Maude", daughter of King Henry I of England and mother to King Henry II of England

As a placename:

In Antarctica:

• Queen Maud Land (Norwegian: Dronning Maud Land), an area of 2.5 million kilometers claimed by Norway in 1938

In New Zealand:

• Maud Island, the second largest island in the Marlborough Sounds

In Scotland:

• Maud, Aberdeenshire, a small town in the Buchan area of the county of Aberdeenshire

In the United States:

• Maud, Oklahoma, a city in Pottawatomie County
• Maud, Texas, a city in Bowie County

In literature:

• Maud and other poems, an 1855 volume of poetry by English poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson
• "Maud" (poem), title poem in the 1855 volume by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Maud may also refer to:

• Maud (ship), a ship used from 1918 to 1925 by Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen in exploring the Northeast Passage (now known as the Northern Sea Route)