I like this name. There was a girl in my 6th grade class named [name]Maude[/name] who was really cute and popular, athletic, small and spritely. So that’s my image of this name (nothing fusty about it to me!). I like it as a soft and slightly off-beat middle name, too, with a long first name. I think on the whole it goes better with English-y names ([name]Lucy[/name] [name]Maude[/name]) or French-y names ([name]Sophie[/name] [name]Maude[/name], [name]Maude[/name] [name]Annette[/name]) rather than Italian-y names ([name]Sophia[/name] [name]Maude[/name], [name]Maria[/name] [name]Maude[/name], [name]Annabella[/name] [name]Maude[/name]), but that’s just my prejudice. To me, [name]Maude[/name] has a muted sound, while the Italian names tend to have a brighter, sparklier sound, and to my mind they don’t blend nicely but fight with each other. Anyway, have fun!
I love [name]Maude[/name] too. It was on my short list, and was going to get a family name as a middle ([name]Margaret[/name].)
I keep wanting to pair it with Somerset… [name]Maude[/name] Somerset. But I’m sure that’s because of Somerset Maugham.
I suspect Poppaea that you like [name]Lucy[/name] [name]Maude[/name] because you subconsciously associate it with LM [name]Montgomery[/name]!