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What does Conrad mean?
Conrad 
as a boys' name is pronounced KAHN-rad. It is of Old German origin, and the meaning of Conrad is "brave, bold ruler or counsel". Usual English spelling of Konrad. The name of nine saints, including a 10th-century bishop of Constance, and several German kings in the Middle Ages. Modern use in the English-speaking world is an import from Germany since the 19th century. Anthropologist Konrad Lorenz; hotelier Conrad Hilton; author Joseph Conrad.
ASSOCIATED WITH counsel, saints, modern, 19th century
Variations
VARIANTS Con, Connie▼, Conrade, Conrado, Corrado, Cort, Curt▼, Konrad, Kort, Kurt▼
ALTERNATIVE FORM VIA KONRAD Kord
FEMININE FORM Conradine
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
(female)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Conrad Sabastian (C.S.), ..
How popular is Conrad?
Conrad is a very popular first name for men (#456 out of 1220, Top 37%) and also a very popular last name for all people (#786 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Conrad reached its top rank of #251 in the U.S. during the years 1930-1939, and is presently at #543. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Which version is better?
Popular variation forms of Conrad (#543 LAST YEAR) ranked in the Top 2000 are Con, Connie, Conrado, Cort, Curt, Konrad (#1731) and Kurt (#1732). These forms of Conrad were popular with parents during 1960-1969 (AVERAGE #1106) and have become significantly less conventional since, with forms such as Kurt becoming less fashionable.
Similar Names
Suggested similar-sounding names are Brad▼, Caerd, Caird, Canady, Cannan, Card, Chad▼, Ciaran, Claran, Cobham, Cochran, Colan, Colas, Colla, Colman, Conal, Conall, Conan, Conant, Concord, Coney, Conlan, Conlen, Conley, Conlin, Conlon, Conn, Connal, Conner▼, Connor, Conor▲, Conroy, Conway, Conwy, Cor, Corby, Cord, Cordas, Corday, Coren, Corey▼, Corie, Corin, Cork, Cormac, Correy, Corrie, Corrin, Corry, Corty, Corwan, Cory▼, Costa, Costas, Courey, Court, Cowal, Cowan, Cowrey (see Cowrie), Cowrie, Cowry, Coyan, Cram, Cronan, Curran, Cyran, Ellrad (see Elrad), Elrad, Fouad, Garrad, Jarad, Jarrad, Jerad▼, Jerrad and Meinrad. These names tend to be less frequently used than Conrad.
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