Jad
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 209 babies a year in the US.
How Jad has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2016 | #979 |
| 2017 | #983 |
| 2018 | #977 |
| 2019 | #989 |
| 2020 | #980 |
Jad by the numbers
In 2025, 28 babies in England and Wales were named Jad. In the US, 209 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 209 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Jad
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Jad. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
- Jaxgod is gracious; a spelling variant of Jackson366 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jaya form of names beginning with J; also the bird856 in the US (2017)
- Jaivictory39 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jacsupplanter; a form of Jack87 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jedbeloved of the lord; a form of Jedidiah77 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Jad
Names that are said the same way as Jad, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Jaad7 in the US (2017)