Given name & surname
Zada
“fortunate one; lucky; prosperous”
Zada is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “fortunate one; lucky; prosperous.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “fortunate one; lucky; prosperous.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Zada through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,108
- 0 boys · 3,108 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 96 babies
- 2025
- 29
- #4,754 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −39%
- Cooling
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 29 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,754 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 39.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 96 in 2006. In 2025, Florida had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,613 as a first name in 2020; 276 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.
Zada’s family of names
Zada has a related form in Zaida. Zada has a related form in Zayda. Zada has a related form in Zadah.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Zaidavariant
- Zaydavariant
- Zaedavariant
- Zadahvariant
- Zaedahvariant
- Zaddahvariant
- Zaddavariant
- Zayedahvariant
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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