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In the world, Mahaut (Maud , Матильда , Mahaut ) is a common primarily female, but very infrequently masculine first name. The first name Mahaut is characteristic of Martinique, where it is quite a common feminine name, France, and Israel, where it is quite a common principally male, but scarcely female name. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in France, South Africa, and the United States. Very seldom, Mahaut is the last name as well as the forename.
Mahaut is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Matilda Wormwood , the fictional character in Roald Dahl’s 1988 novel Matilda; Matilda McDuck , the Disney comic character, The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck; Matilda Sager ; Matilda Ajan , the fictional character from Mobile Suit Gundam and Red Tornado , the fictional character, and in many other works.