Shem Tov Boy's nameOrigin: biblicalIn Israel: falling fast
EladIn Hebrew: אלעד · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: אֶלְעָדRomanization: 'El'ad
Elad (Hebrew: אלעד) is a boy's name of biblical origin. 14,509 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 14 boys and ranked #567. Its peak year was 1984, with 641 babies.
- People in Israel
- 14,509
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 14
- rank #567
- Peak year
- 1984
- 641 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Elad
In Hebrew letters the name is אלעד, read right to left. Elad is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "'El'ad" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a male given name
אֵל (“el”) + עַד (“'ad”), literally “God is eternal”.
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Elad 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 Elad
How do you write Elad in Hebrew?
Elad is written אלעד in Hebrew (with vowel points: אֶלְעָד). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "'El'ad".
How many people in Israel are named Elad?
14,509 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name אלעד: 12 women and 14,497 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 Elad a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 99.9% of the people named אלעד are men.
What does the name Elad mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a male given name" Etymology: אֵל (“el”) + עַד (“'ad”), literally “God is eternal”.
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.