Shad

Where Shad comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Shad.

Shad through the years
  1. 1940
    First appearance
    #3,459 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1972
    Peak, #402
    381 babies named Shad, its best rank.
  3. 1978
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #622.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes

No widely recognized namesakes for Shad in Wikidata.

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.