Given name & surname
Gada
“one who is lucky; fortunate”
Gada is used as a given name and a surname. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who is lucky; fortunate.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “one who is lucky; fortunate.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2023. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gada through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 5 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 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 174 as a first name in 2020; 423 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Gada’s family of names
Gada has a related form in Gadah. In Asturian usage, Gada has a related form in Ágada.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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