Muaad
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- moo-AHD
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Muaad is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “protected, sheltered”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Muaad mean?
Arabic: spelling of Muad, itself a variant of Muadh (Mu'adh)
“protected, sheltered”
Mu'adh ibn Jabal was a companion of the Prophet Muhammad, famed for his knowledge.
Meaning borrowed from Muad.
Is Muaad a girl's or a boy's name?
Muaad 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 Muaad in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Muaad, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 11 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Muaad than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Muaad in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 12 boys in the UK were given Muaad or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,763, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.
- Muad 9
- Muaad 3
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Muaad in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,011 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,084 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,384 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
How popular is Muaad in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2012, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 2005.
Half of all the boys named Muaad in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Muaad in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
Names like Muaad
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Musa, Zayaan, Zayd, Zayan, Musab, Ahmed, Mustafa, Hamza, Abdullah, Azaan, Ziyad
Other spellings of Muaad
Names related to Muaad
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Muaad: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/muaad, updated 20 October 2026.