Worldwide, Anad (عناد 
, Anad 
, اناد ) is a common mostly male, but infrequently girly first name. The first name Anad is characteristic of Western Asia, particularly Saudi Arabia, where it is quite a common predominantly boy's, but very seldom female name, Syria, where it is quite a rare principally masculine, but scarcely female name, and Oman. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in Saudi Arabia, India, and Iraq. Very seldom, Anad is the last name as well as the forename.