Given name & surname
Mada
“one who has reached the end of the path”
Mada is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “one who has reached the end of the path.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “one who has reached the end of the path.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1887. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mada through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 552
- 0 boys · 552 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 21 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 21 in 1920. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 312 as a first name in 2020; 593 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Mada’s family of names
Mada has a related form in Madeline. Mada has a related form in Madah.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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