Barad (name)

Barad can refer to a number of people, places, and things. It occurs as a family name with multiple ethnic sources and meanings (Hebrew: ברד‎, Russian: Барад). It was ranked # 88,149 in popularity in the 1990 US census.^[1] Variants of the surname include: Barada, Barade, Baradi, Baradt, Barat, Bard, Brar, Barrett, Albarado, and Al-Barad'i.

• Barad is a common name in the Maratha clan system and among the Savji people of India.
• Barad is a Jewish Ashkenazic name derived from the Hebrew patronymic phrase Ben Rabi David "son of Rabbi David".^[2]
• Barad is a Jewish Sephardic name of unknown origin.^[3]
• Barad is a Persian male name and it's the composition of two words (Ba + Rad). "ba" means With and "rad" means Chivalrous. Barad means someone who is chivalrous.
• Barad is an Arabic toponymic name, from a place name meaning cold (for example, the Barada River in Syria).^[4]

Here is a partial list of people named Barad or a variant thereof:

• Jashubhai Dhanabhai Barad, member of the 14th Lok Sabha (parliament) of India
• Jill Barad, former CEO of Mattel Inc.
• Mohamed ElBaradei, (Arabic: محمد البرادعي) Al-Barad'i, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency

References

1. US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring First Names and Surnames from the 1990 Census.
2. Hanks, Patrick, Dictionary of American Family Names, New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. ISBN 0-19-508137-4
3. Sephardim.com
4. Earthsearch.net