Meaning & origin
What it means
Majd is a romanization of مجد. مجد goes back to Arabic مَجْد, meaning “glory.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1990. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Majd through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 625
- 615 boys · 10 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 35 babies
- 2025
- 29
- #3,817 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −6%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 29 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,817 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 6.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 35 in 2014. In 2025, Michigan had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,047 as a first name in 2020; 225 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.
Majd’s family of names
In Persian usage, Majd as a surname is a Roman-alphabet rendering of مجد.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Majd
- Majd MastouraTunisian actorborn 1991
- Majd MardoDutch actorborn 1989
- Majd al-Assad1966–2009
- Majd HomsiSyrian footballerborn 1982
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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