Given name & surname
Maeda
“a maiden; a virgin”
Maeda is a variant of Maida. One English interpretation is “a maiden; a virgin.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Maeda is a variant of Maida. One English interpretation is “a maiden; a virgin.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Maeda is a variant of Maida. An origin associated with Maida is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2008. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Maeda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 0 boys · 10 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 5 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 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 105 as a first name in 2020; 2,148 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.
Maeda’s family of names
Maeda has a related form in Maida. In English usage, Maeda as a surname has a related form in MAYEDA. In English usage, Maeda as a surname was borrowed from the Japanese form 前田.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.