Arad
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning wild horse or bronze.
Babies a year
6
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#3256
6 babies
Arad by the numbers
In 2025, 6 babies in England and Wales were named Arad. In the US, 13 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 13 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Arad. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a horse
Like Arad, each of these has a horse in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Coltyoung horse1,329 in the US (2017)
- Marshallhorse servant or stable master938 in the US (2017)
- Philiplover of horses725 in the US (2017)
- Philliplover of horses; a form of Philip725 in the US (2017)
- Felipefriend of horses; Spanish form of Philip298 in the US (2017)
- Coltercolt herder; one who tends young horses142 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Arad
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