Given name · Hebrew
ארד
“copper”
ארד (arád) is a masculine given name from Akkadian (ultimately Sumerian), meaning “copper.” It is used in Hebrew.
HebrewWritten in Hebrew script, read right to left. In English: arád.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
ארד comes from Akkadian, and ultimately from Sumerian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Akkadian urudû (“copper”), from Sumerian 𒍏 (urudu).
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The story
Coined by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda.
ארד’s family of names
In Hebrew usage, ארד can be written in the Roman alphabet as arád.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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