Maud
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name borrowed from English.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Maud (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Maud has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2014. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 2 |
| 2005 | 2 |
| 2006 | 3 |
| 2007 | – |
| 2008 | – |
| 2009 | – |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | – |
| 2012 | – |
| 2013 | 3 |
| 2014 | 6 |
| 2015 | 3 |
| 2016 | 4 |
| 2017 | 4 |
| 2018 | 2 |
| 2019 | 5 |
| 2020 | 5 |
| 2021 | 6 |
| 2022 | 5 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 9,818 |
| 2000 | 9,707 |
| 2001 | 9,576 |
| 2002 | 9,470 |
| 2003 | 9,356 |
| 2004 | 9,229 |
| 2005 | 9,115 |
| 2006 | 9,006 |
| 2007 | 8,883 |
| 2008 | 8,773 |
| 2009 | 8,651 |
| 2010 | 8,518 |
| 2011 | 8,406 |
| 2012 | 8,255 |
| 2013 | 8,141 |
| 2014 | 8,017 |
| 2015 | 7,884 |
| 2016 | 7,746 |
| 2017 | 7,582 |
| 2018 | 7,425 |
| 2019 | 7,247 |
| 2020 | 7,046 |
Maud in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Maud.Hi! My name is Maud.
- Maud har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Maud has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Mauds mamma är lärare.Maud's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Mauds mamma is Maud's mum.
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Questions about Maud
How do you pronounce Maud in Swedish?
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What does the name Maud mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name borrowed from English.
How popular is Maud in Sweden?
5 babies were named Maud in 2022. In 2020, 7,046 people in Sweden had Maud as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2014 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.