Definition of "Maude"

Maude

proper noun
1. A female given name from the Germanic languages; a less common spelling of Maud.
  Quotations
  - - - he once more changed the subject of Maude's looks to her name, which he heard was really Matilda. She had been called Maude, Matty said, after one who was once a very dear friend both of herself and her husband."Then we will call her Matilda," said he, "as it is a maxim of mine never to spoil children by giving them pet names."
  1860, Mary Jane Holmes, Cousin Maude, BiblioBazaar,LLC, published 2007, page 14
  "Fine," said Blanche, "but 'Maude' sounds anything but continental.""Suppose we change her name to 'Meredith Meredro'," I suggested.
  1957, Jesse L. Lasky, I blow my own horn, Doubleday, page 71