Maida (1813–1824)[1] was one of the many dogs belonging to Sir Walter Scott.

[4] The animal was named after the Battle of Maida, which took place in 1806, and was a gift from Alexander Macdonell of Glengarry (Alexander Ranaldson Macdonell), a friend of Scott, and whose brother led the 78th Highlanders in the battle, a victory for the British against the French in the Napoleonic Wars.

Scott wrote to his son Charles that "Old Maida died suddenly in his straw last week, after a good supper, which, considering his weak state, was rather a deliverance; he is buried below his monument, on which the following epitaph is engraved in Latin [Maidae marmorea dormis sub imagine Maida / Ante fores domini sit tibi terra levis],[5] thus Englished by an eminent hand : - The monument mentioned is a statue of the dog at the hall door of Scott's home, Abbotsford House.

[7] William Allan painted "Sir Walter Scott with His Dog 'Maida'" in 1831.

[9] The part of Scott's statue in Perth featuring Maida was stolen, for a second time, in 2020.