Mafalda

Where Mafalda comes from

Mafalda hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1197
    Mafalda of Portugal born
    Portuguese infanta, Castilian queen consort, and nun
  2. 1902
    First appearance
    #1,793 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1915
    Peak, #756
    76 babies named Mafalda — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1930
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,347.
  5. 1974
    Mafalda Arnauth born
    Portuguese fado singer, veterinarian
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Mafalda of Portugal · Portuguese infanta, Castilian queen consort, and nun, 1197–1256
  • Mafalda Arnauth · Portuguese fado singer, veterinarian, born 1974
  • Mafalda of Portugal · Portuguese infanta, 1149–1160
  • Mafalda Favero · singer, 1905–1981
  • Mafalda Veiga · Portuguese singer-songwriter, born 1965

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.