Given name & surname

Zad

Zad is used as a given name and a surname.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Zad isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2025. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Zad through the years

Babies since 1880
5
5 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2025
5 babies
2025
5
#13,877 for boys
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
01232025Highest share 20252.9
Zad in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2025–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,877 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Zad’s family of names

In Greek usage, Zad is a transliteration of Ζαντ.

Walk Zad’s family in the name graph

ZadΖαντ

The ring: spellings.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Zad, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Zunair

11Very rareRising fast

>99% boys

Arabic · Modern

Amjad

“more glorious” · “having glory and honor”

21RareSteady

>99% boys

Modern

Ashaad

0Not recently recordedCooling

>99% boys

Modern

Zymair

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

English · Modern

Kidd

“resembling a young goat”

11Very rareRising fast

>99% boys

Arabic · Modern

Mahmud

“one who is praiseworthy”

11Very rareSteady

>99% boys

Modern

Aazir

16Very rareRising fast

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Zad’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Zad

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