Thad

A unisex name of Aramaic origin, meaning heart; a form of Thaddeus.

Babies a year
18
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Thad by the numbers

Thad was given to 18 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 366 babies in 1967, so it is a 1960s name that has since fallen a long way.

Other names that come from Thaddeus

Like Thad, each of these traces back to Thaddeus: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Thaddeusheart or brave heart380 in the US (2017)
  • Tadeogift of god; spanish form of Thaddeus264 in the US (2017)
  • Tadtoad; a form of Thaddeus11 in the US (2017)
  • Thaddiusheart or breast; a form of Thaddeus7 in the US (2017)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Thad. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Thaithai people; relating to Thailand16 in the US (2017)
  • Thaoherb plant5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Thad

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