The baby name Mawdud is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /mawˈduːd/ (MAW-doo(d)).
Mawdud is Arabic in Origin.
The baby name Mawdud is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /mawˈduːd/ (MAW-doo(d)).
Mawdud is Arabic in Origin.
Mawdud is an Arabic masculine name (مَوْدُود, Mawdūd) built on the triliteral root W‑D‑D “love,” following the maf‘ūl pattern meaning “beloved, much‑loved; one who is loved.” It is semantically related to Al‑Wadūd, “the Loving,” one of the divine names, but functions as a distinct personal name.
The name traveled widely across the medieval Islamicate world. Notable bearers include Sultan Mawdud of Ghazni (r. 1041–1050), the atabeg Mawdud of Mosul (d. 1113), Zengid ruler Qutb al‑Dīn Mawdud (d. 1170), and the early Chishti Sufi master Khwāja Mawdūd Chishtī (11th–12th c.). Forms and transliterations vary by language: Mawdūd, Maudud, Mawdood, Maudood; Turkish Mevdud; Persian/Urdu Maudūd; a feminine counterpart Maudūda/Mawdūda also appears. In South Asia, the hereditary surname Maududi derives from the same base. Today Mawdud remains familiar in Arabic, Persianate, and Turkish contexts yet uncommon in the West.
Mawdud is a rare name. There are only 10 recorded uses of it in our data, from 5 countries.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BD | Boys | 0 | #600 | 6 | 10,045 |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #697 | 1 | 13,071 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #918 | 1 | 17,948 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,182 | 1 | 25,439 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,691 | 1 | 28,008 |
Mawdud is popular in 5 countries — most recent births per country:
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