Maude
Maude is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.
- Verdict
- Female
- Confidence
- High (source weight of at least 64; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- United States, Switzerland, France
- US records 1880–2017
- 133 male / 45,512 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Maude
If you do not know Maude’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Maude,” in English, “Guten Tag Maude,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Ready-made greetings in six languages
English
Dear Maude,
German
Guten Tag Maude,
French
Bonjour Maude,
Spanish
Estimado/a Maude:
Chinese
Maude您好：
Japanese
Maude様
English
Hi Maude,
German
Hi Maude,
French
Salut Maude,
Spanish
Hola Maude,
Chinese
Maude你好：
Japanese
Maudeさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually |
|---|---|---|
| United States | very common | woman's name |
| Switzerland | rare | woman's name |
| France | rare | woman's name |
| Great Britain | rare | woman's name |
United States birth data
133 male · 45,512 female · 45,645 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 0% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Maude a male or female name?
Maude is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
How do I address Maude in an email?
If you do not know Maude’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Maude,” in English, “Guten Tag Maude,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Is Maude a unisex name?
Maude is classified as generally female in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.
Related names
Sources
Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.
DearWho, "Is Maude a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/maude. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_maude,
title = {Is Maude a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/maude},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}