Given name & surname
Rada
Rada is a feminine given name from Proto-Slavic. It is used in English and Czech.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1893. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rada through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 464
- 0 boys · 464 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 15 in 1921. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 713 as a first name in 2020; 2,202 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.
Rada’s family of names
In Serbian usage, Rada has a conventional equivalent in the French form Marguerite. In Bulgarian usage, Rada is a transliteration of Рада. In Greek usage, Rada as a surname is a transliteration of Ράδα.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Rada has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Slavic roots to each of them.
4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 5
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Rada
- Rada RassimovItalian actressborn 1941
- Rada LaykovaBulgarian politician (born 1990)
- Rada VranješevićYugoslavian politician (1918-1944)
- Rada IvekovićCroatian philosopher and writer (born 1945)
- Rada BorićCroatian feministborn 1951
- Rada AdzhubeyRussian journalist1929–2016
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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