Mu'Adh
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- moo-AADH
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Mu'Adh is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “protected, given refuge”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Mu'Adh mean?
Arabic: spelling of Muadh
“protected, given refuge”
Mu'adh ibn Jabal was a companion of the Prophet Muhammad, renowned for his knowledge of Islamic law.
Meaning borrowed from Muadh.
Is Mu'Adh a girl's or a boy's name?
Mu'Adh is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mu'Adh in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Mu'Adh, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 7 boys.
In 2025, 24 boys in the UK were given Mu'Adh or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,108, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.
- Muadh 21
- Mu'Adh 3
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Mu'Adh in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
Names like Mu'Adh
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Musa, Mustafa, Abdullah, Zayaan, Zayd, Zayan, Umar, Amir, Musab, Ahmed, Huzaifa
Other spellings of Mu'Adh
Names related to Mu'Adh
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Mu'Adh: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mu'adh, updated 20 October 2026.