The Art of Literary Nomenclature

ORIGIN:
Diminutive of “Maud” / “Maude“. 

VARIATIONS and NICKNAMES:
Malta, Mat, Mathilda, Matilda, Mattie, Matty, Maud, Maude, Tilda, Tilde, Tillie, Tilly, etc.

REFERENCES IN LITERATURE:
– Nickname given to Maud Lorton, the soft-hearted middle sister of the Lorton family, in “The Youngest Miss Lorton”, from The Youngest Miss Lorton, and Other Stories by Nora Perry (1889).

Tagged: 1880s, English, M

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• Everything Old is New Again | The Art of Literary Nomenclature says:

  April 5, 2015 at 1:53 am

  […] names that are long since due for a revival. I’d like to see more Olivers and Theodores and Maudies and Candaces and even Victorias running around. Apparently, I’m not the only one, as this […]

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