Mayda
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.
Mayda by the numbers
Mayda was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 16 babies in 1953, making it a 1950s name.
What we can tell you about Mayda
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 Mayda. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Mayaillusion; mother; water1,259 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maidamaiden; a form of Maid14 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maysawalking with a proud gait35 in England and Wales (2025)
- Magdawoman from magdala; short form of Magdalene12 in the US (2017)
- Mandaworthy of love; a form of Amanda
- Mayra160 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Mayda
Names that are said the same way as Mayda, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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