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AradIn Hebrew: ארד · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: אָרָדRomanization: arád
Arad (Hebrew: ארד) is a boy's name. 1,122 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 34 boys and ranked #366. Its peak year was 2015, with 68 babies.
- People in Israel
- 1,122
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 34
- rank #366
- Peak year
- 2015
- 68 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Arad
In Hebrew letters the name is ארד, read right to left. Arad is the Latin spelling recorded in Wiktionary; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "arád" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a male given name
Coined by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda from Akkadian 𒌑𒊒𒁺𒌑 (urudû, “copper”), itself a borrowing from Sumerian 𒍏 (urudu).
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Arad by year in Israel
How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).
per 10,000 babies of the same sex
Related Israeli names
Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.
Questions about Arad
How do you write Arad in Hebrew?
Arad is written ארד in Hebrew (with vowel points: אָרָד). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "arád".
How many people in Israel are named Arad?
1,122 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name ארד: 82 women and 1,040 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.
Is Arad a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 92.7% of the people named ארד are men.
What does the name Arad mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a male given name" Etymology: Coined by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda from Akkadian 𒌑𒊒𒁺𒌑 (urudû, “copper”), itself a borrowing from Sumerian 𒍏 (urudu).
Sources
Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.