Given name & surname
Tadd
“having heart”
Tadd is a variant of Thaddeus. One Aramaic interpretation is “having heart.” Its derivation is not certain.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Tadd is a variant of Thaddeus. One Aramaic interpretation is “having heart.” Its derivation is not certain.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Tadd is a variant of Thaddeus. Thaddeus has been associated with Aramaic and Greek naming traditions. The precise derivation is uncertain.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1954. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tadd through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,457
- 1,457 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1985
- 62 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 8 in 2013. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 62 in 1985. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,305 as a first name in 2020; 158 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.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Tadd
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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