Maudette

This French-style name is, in fact, an American creation with only a handful of documented uses throughout history. Maudette combines the mini-name Maud — a medieval short form of Matilda, meaning "battle-mighty" — with the diminutive French suffix -ette, so together, this name could be poetically interpreted as "small but mighty".

Clunky-yet-elegant Maude has seen a slight increase in attention in recent years in the US, but Maudette might be a step too far, for now.

Pronounced maw-DET.