Given name & surname
Kadar
“a powerful man”
Kadar is a variant of Kedar. One Arabic interpretation is “a powerful man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kadar is a variant of Kedar. One Arabic interpretation is “a powerful man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Kadar is a variant of Kedar. An origin associated with Kedar is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1992. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kadar through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 170
- 170 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1998
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −73%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 16 in 1998. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 309 as a first name in 2020; 659 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.
Kadar’s family of names
Kadar has a related form in Kedar. In English usage, Kadar as a surname was borrowed from the Hungarian form Kádár.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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