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Around the globe, האד (Hud , האד ) is quite a rare largely boy's, but uncommonly female forename. The given name האד is characteristic of Iraq, where it is a rare epicene name, Saudi Arabia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is a rare masculine name. In absolute terms, it is commonest in Indonesia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Nigeria. More frequently, האד is the last name as well as the forename.
האד is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Hud , the one of the prophets in Islam and Hud , the musical character in the musical Hair by Galt MacDermot.