Gad

Where Gad comes from

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew גָּד (gad), a son of Jacob.
— Wiktionary's entry for Gad
  • Hebrew
  • 1 syllable
Gad through the years
  1. 1987
    Debut at its peak, #6,089
    #6,089 among boys with 6 babies in the first year it was published, and still its best.
  2. 1988
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew.
Namesakes

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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.