Ka cika wannan jumla: Da farko an kira sabon kwamitin kwamitin Thomson bayan shugabansa, amma ba da daɗewa ba aka canja wannan sunan zuwa wani suna mai sauƙi, Kwamitin MAUD. Mutane da yawa sun ɗauka cewa MAUD ta zama taƙaitaccen abu, duk da haka ba haka ba ne. Sunan MAUD ya zo ne a hanya da ba ta saba ba. A ranar 9 ga Afrilu, 1940, ranar
Jamus ta mamaye Denmark, Niels Bohr ya aika da sakon waya zuwa Frisch. Wakar ta ƙare da wata magana mai ban mamaki "Ka gaya wa Cockcroft da Maud Ray Kent". Da farko an yi tunanin cewa lambar ce game da radium ko kuma wasu muhimman bayanai da suka shafi makaman nukiliya, da aka ɓoye a cikin anagram. Wata shawara ita ce maye gurbin "y" da "i", samar da 'radium da aka ɗauka'. Lokacin da Bohr ya koma Ingila a 1943, an gano cewa an yi wa John Cockcroft da mai kula da gidan Bohr Maud Ray, wanda ya fito daga Kent. Saboda haka aka kira kwamitin kwamitin MAUD. Ko da yake sunayen ba su wakilci kome ba, a hukumance Kwamitin MAUD ne, ba Kwamitin Maud ba.