Mud meaning | Last name Mud origin

Mud is the variation of Mudd. The same as Mode - Possibly connected with the Anglo-Saxon mód, disposition, inood, violence, force.

Mud is variant of Maude. A remarkable contraction of De Monte Alto, De Montalt, or "of the high mountain." The first of the family in England was Eustachius de Monte Alto, who came hither at the Conquest among the followers of Hugh Lupus, Earl of Chester. From him sprang the Barons Montalt, whose elder line became extinct in the XIV century Many younger branches survive under the name of Maude, and one of them, Viscount Hawarden, still enjoys the second title of Baron Montalt. According to Burke's Commoners, the name was originally derived from a place in Italy.

Lastname is variant of Mudd. Dweller at the muddy place.

Lastname is a variant of Maude. Anciently, de Monte Alto, Montalt, and Moald, High mountain.

The surname is form of Mould. Montalt1. Like Maude, a corruption of Montalt. See - See Maude - A remarkable contraction of De Monte Alto, De Montalt, or "of the high mountain." The first of the family in England was Eustachius de Monte Alto, who came hither at the Conquest among the followers of Hugh Lupus, Earl of Chester. From him sprang the Barons Montalt, whose elder line became extinct in the XIV century Many younger branches survive under the name of Maude, and one of them, Viscount Hawarden, still enjoys the second title of Baron Montalt. According to Burke's Commoners, the name was originally derived from a place in Italy

It is asserted by some genealogists that Robert, one of the barons of Hugh Lupus, Earl of Chester, assumed the surname from his chief place of residence, an elevated spot in Flintshire, now called Mold.