Meaning and Origin of: Rad

Boy name origins & meanings

• Old German : Brave counsel
• Scandinavian : Helpful; confident
• English : Intelligent
• Old English : Red cliff
• English : Helpful

Boy name variations

Family name origins & meanings

• Muslim : variant of Raad.
• German : from a short form of a Germanic personal name formed with rād, rāt ‘advice’, ‘counsel’.
• Hungarian (Rád) : from the old secular personal name Rád, from Slavic Rad ‘joyful’ (see Rada).