Maudlin
See also: maudlin
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editEnglish surname, from Middle English Maudeleyn. Doublet of Madeleine, Magdalen, Magdalena, and Magdalene.
Proper noun
editMaudlin (plural Maudlins)
- A surname.
- Alternative form of Magdalen (“Magdalen College, Oxford”)
- 1892, Lilian M. Quiller-Couch, Reminiscences of Oxford, page 153:
- At the same school we met a young man of small fortune, and in a subordinate situation at Maudlin.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Maudlin is the 28679th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 831 individuals. Maudlin is most common among White (92.78%) individuals.
References
edit- (Magdalen College): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary