Majda
Majda [ماجدة] is a female given name, most popular in Slovenia, but also in some other areas of former Yugoslavia and Arabic-speaking countries. It means, in Arabic, "the woman with glory". It ranks among the 30 most popular female names in Slovenia. It was most popular with women born between 1941 and 1970. Since the 1990s, only a handful of Slovenian girls have been named Majda.
- Slovene
- Croatian
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Majda
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Majda [ماجدة] is a female given name, most popular in Slovenia, but also in some other areas of former Yugoslavia and Arabic-speaking countries. It means, in Arabic, "the woman with glory". It ranks among the 30 most popular female names in Slovenia. It was most popular with women born between 1941 and 1970. Since the 1990s, only a handful of Slovenian girls have been named Majda.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Slovene
- Croatian
- Arabic
The Story of Majda
Majda first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1998, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1998: 6 births, good for #12,425 nationwide. About 55% of every Majda on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Majda last appeared in the published SSA data in 2005, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 11 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Majda
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About the name Majda
Majda is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1998 and has accumulated 11 births in the dataset. Majda's peak popularity came in 1998 when it ranked #12,425. Use the chart and map above to compare Majda's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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