Mafalda is a girl's name of Spanish origin meaning “Freedom.” In England & Wales it was given to 5 girls in 2025.
Mafalda belongs to the Spanish and Portuguese tradition. Its meaning — “Freedom” — is the sense carried by its Spanish roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Mafalda first appears in Social Security records in 1902. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #758 in 1915, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 1,279 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Mafalda means “Freedom” in its Spanish roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Mafalda is a girl name. In England & Wales, 5 babies received the name in 2025.
Mafalda comes from the Spanish and Portuguese tradition.
Mafalda first appears in US records in 1902. Its best-ever ranking was #758 in 1915, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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