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Maude vs Maudie - What's the difference?

maude | maudie |

Maudie is a related term of maude.



As proper nouns the difference between maude and maudie

is that maude is {{given name|female|from=Germanic}}; a less common spelling of Maud while Maudie is a pet form of the female given name Maud or Maude.

maude

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • ; a less common spelling of Maud.
  • * 1860 Mary Jane Holmes: Cousin Maude . BiblioBazaar,LLC, 2007. ISBN 1434652122 page 14:
    • - - - 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."
  • * 1957 Jesse L. Lasky: I blow my own horn . Doubleday 1957. page 71:
    • "Fine," said Blanche, "but 'Maude' sounds anything but continental."
    "Suppose we change her name to 'Meredith Meredro'," I suggested.

    maudie

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A pet form of the female given name Maud or Maude.
    • English diminutives of female given names