Mahd
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Mahd by the numbers
Mahd was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 10 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Mahd
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Mahd. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Mahdithe guided one, messiah figure54 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mahadgift; present18 in England and Wales (2025)
- Majdglory, magnificence7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mohdpraised, worthy of praise; abbreviation of Muhammad3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mard7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mahid3 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Mahd
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