Jad

Where Jad comes from

The dictionaries list Jad as a given name — a male given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1954
    Jad Fair born
    American singer and guitarist
  2. 1968
    First appearance
    #4,136 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1992
    Jad Noureddine born
    Lebanese footballer
  4. 2018
    Peak, #975
    213 babies named Jad — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Jad Fair · American singer and guitarist, born 1954
  • Jad Noureddine · Lebanese footballer, born 1992
  • Jad Shwery · Lebanese musician, born 1984
  • Jad Abumrad · American radio host and producer, born 1973
  • Jad Saxton · American voice actress, born 1979

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.