Baby name
Mads
/MAHDS/
Meaning
“Gift of God”
Danish short form of Mathias (Hebrew, 'gift of God'), established as an independent name in Denmark.
How it ages.
Mads ranks among Denmark's top masculine names, appealing across generational and socioeconomic lines.
The cultural moment.
Denmark's Mads surged from 1980s onward, now stable as a preferred alternative to Mathias.