In all the world, جاد (Jad 
, Gad , جاد 
) is a widespread principally male, but scarcely feminine first name. The first name جاد is habitual in Western Asia, particularly Lebanon, where it is a common male name, Israel, where it is quite a common boy's name, and Syria, where it is quite a common primarily masculine, but very seldom female name (explore the name in all countries). Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lebanon, and Egypt. Also, جاد is the last name as well as the forename.
جاد is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!
جاد is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Gad , the biblical character, seventh son of Jacob, Book of Numbers; Gad , the person in the Hebrew Bible; personal prophet of David (1 Sam 22:5; 2 Sam 24:11–13; 2 Sam 24:18; 1 Chron 21:18; 1 Chron 29:29), 2 Samuel; Dr. Judd Stevens , character in The Naked Face; Gad , the musical character in the musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat by Andrew Lloyd Webber; seventh son of Jacob. and Gad , the operatic character in the opera The Eternal Road by Kurt Weill.