Given name
Eldad
“God has loved”·“whom God loves”
Eldad is used as a given name.
Original Hebrewאלדד
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Eldad means “God has loved” or “whom God loves.”
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Where it comes from
Eldad is a biblical name from Hebrew.
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How it developed
From the Hebrew word 'el (אל), “God,” and the Hebrew verb yadad (ידד), “to love.”
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2013. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Eldad through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 23
- 23 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2017
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 2017. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 191 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Eldad’s family of names
See also 9
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
- Davidshares a root
- Jedidiahshares a root
- Jedidahshares a root
- Dedanshares a root
- Medadshares a root
- Jaddaishares a root
- Dodoshares a root
- Dodavahushares a root
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People named Eldad
- Eldad RegevIsraeli soldier whose abduction sparked the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict1980–2006
- Eldad ha-Danininth-century Jewish merchant and traveller900–900
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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