Mads
Mads is a boy name of Danish origin, meaning Gift of God.
What Mads means
Gift of God.
Mads is short — 4 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Mads comes from
Danish names carry Old Norse roots into modern form, often shortened and softened from their older spellings.
Mads is recorded as Danish in origin. Browse other Danish names.
How popular is Mads?
You will not find Mads in the top 100 boy names at the moment. Plenty of well-known names sit outside the charts; popularity measures how often a name is registered, not how good or how real it is.
The character of Mads
Mads spans Gift and faith, which is why it can read differently depending on which association you notice first. Both threads are worth following.
Names like Mads
These share Mads's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Matej — Gift of God.
- Mateus — Gift of God.
- Mathieu — Gift of God.
- Matias — Gift of God.
- Ayaan — Gift of God; speed.
- Donatella — Given by God.
- Dorothy — Gift of God.
- Theodora — Gift of God.
- Theodosia — Gift of God.
- Makoto — Sincerity, truth.
- Mateo — Gift of God.
- Mathias — Gift of God.
More Danish names
- Soren — Stern; revered.