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Around the world, Maude (Maude , مود , Мод ) is a common gender-neutral first name. The first name Maude is characteristic of Israel, where it is quite a rare masculine name, New Zealand, where it is quite a rare feminine name, and Canada. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in the United States, Nigeria, and France. Likewise, Maude is the last name as well as the forename.
Maude is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Maude Flanders , the character of The Simpsons; Maude Lebowski , the fictional human from The Big Lebowski; Maude Findlay , the fictional character; Maude Sportington , the musical character in the musical Morocco Bound; Dolly's Girl-Friend and Maud Pie , the fictional character from the My little Pony Universe, among other works.