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Jad

Jad: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“seriousness; generosity”
Origin
Arabic
Say it
JAHD · 1 syllable
Used for
Boys

Jad is an Arabic masculine name. It can be connected with meanings including 'seriousness' and, in name usage, also 'generosity' or 'bounty' depending on derivation.

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How popular is Jad?

202442.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Jad in 2024141

2024 rank#1,348 boys

Peak year2020

Total US babies since 18803,678

Jad is rising: use over the last five years is 1.8× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Jad

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Amircommander, prince · Arabic
  • Muhammadpraised · Arabic
  • Zaynbeauty, grace · Arabic
  • Omarflourishing, long-lived · Arabic
  • Cairovictorious · Arabic
  • Ibrahimfather of multitudes · Arabic
  • Khalilfriend, beloved · Arabic
  • Malikking · Arabic

Jad questions

What does the name Jad mean?

Jad means "seriousness; generosity". It comes from Arabic. Jad is an Arabic masculine name. It can be connected with meanings including 'seriousness' and, in name usage, also 'generosity' or 'bounty' depending on derivation.

Is Jad a boy or girl name?

Jad is mainly a boy's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Jad?

141 US babies were named Jad in 2024. Its peak year was 2020.

How do you pronounce Jad?

Jad is usually pronounced JAHD.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.