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♂ Chad
What does Chad mean?
Chad 
▼ as a boys' name is pronounced chad. It is of Old English origin. Modern spelling of the medieval given name Ceadda, borne by a seventh-century saint who was Archbishop of York. Also a short form of various surnames. Actors Chad Everett, Chad Lowe; football players Chad Morton, Chad Pennington. Also form of Charles.
STARTS WITH Cha-
ASSOCIATED WITH old english, modern, medieval, saint, surnames
Variations
VARIANTS Chaddie, Chadd, Chadric, Chadrick, Chadwick▼
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
(female)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Chad Colten (C.C.), ..
How popular is Chad?
Chad is a very prominent first name for men (#121 out of 1220, Top 10%) and also a very prominent last name for both adults and children (#42830 out of 150436, Top 28%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Chad entered the list in 1930-1939 and reached its highest rank of #30 in the U.S. during the years 1970-1979, and is at #897 currently. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Which version is better?
Popular related forms of Chad (#897 THE PREVIOUS YEAR) ranked in the Top 2000 are Charles (#52), Chadd, Chadrick and Chadwick. These forms of Chad were popular as birth names a century ago (ADOPTION OF 4.3%) and have become significantly less common since (ADOPTION 0.4%, ▼91.1%), with forms like Chadwick going out of style.
Similar Names
Chad▼ is alike in pronunciation to Shad▼, Shadd and Shade. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Aad, Abad, Ahmad▲, Amad, Asad, Brad▼, Cade, Cahan, Cai, Cal, Cam, Cap, Card, Caw, Caz, Ced, Chace▼, Chai, Chaim▲, Champ, Chan, Chand, Chane, Chang, Chann, Chano, Chany, Chap, Chaps, Chas▼, Chase, Chayo, Chaz▼, Chazz, Che, Chet, Chic, Chik, Chip, Cian, Cid, Claud▼, Clay, Cord, Cram, Cyd, Czar, Fahad, Fuad, Gad, Imad, Lad, Mead, Ohad, Rad, Read, Saad, Tad, Thad▼ and Vlad. These names tend to be less commonly used than Chad.
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