Shem Tov Boy's nameOrigin: biblicalIn Israel: steady
GadIn Hebrew: גד · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: גָּדRomanization: gad
Gad (Hebrew: גד) is a boy's name of biblical origin. 3,840 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 21 boys and ranked #473. Its peak year was 1969, with 126 babies.
- People in Israel
- 3,840
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 21
- rank #473
- Peak year
- 1969
- 126 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Gad
In Hebrew letters the name is גד, read right to left. Gad 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 "gad" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a male given name, Gad
- Gad (the seventh son of Jacob, by his wife's handmaid Zilpah)
- a male given name, Gad
Uncertain. Compare Arabic جَدّ (jadd, “luck, good fortune”).
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Gad 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 Gad
How do you write Gad in Hebrew?
Gad is written גד in Hebrew (with vowel points: גָּד). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "gad".
How many people in Israel are named Gad?
3,840 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name גד: 0 women and 3,840 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 Gad a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 100.0% of the people named גד are men.
What does the name Gad mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a male given name, Gad" Etymology: Uncertain. Compare Arabic جَدّ (jadd, “luck, good fortune”).
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.