All around the world, Baade (بادي 
, Baade 
, 巴德 
) is quite a rare predominantly boy's, but very seldom female given name. The forename Baade is characteristic of Saudi Arabia, where it is quite a rare principally male, but very seldom feminine name, Libya, where it is quite a rare male name, and Algeria, where it is quite a rare predominantly masculine, but very infrequently girly name. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in Saudi Arabia, Algeria, and Sudan. More prevalently, Baade is the last name as well as the forename.
Baade is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Syndrome , the main antagonist of the 2004 film The Incredibles; Animal Man , the superhero in the DC Comics Universe, Strange Adventures; OMAC , the fictional comic book character; Bud Bundy , the fictional character from the U.S. television series Married... with Children and Bud Hyde , character in That '70s Show, and in many other works.