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Worldwide, Yaad (Yaad ) is quite a common principally male, but very infrequently female given name. The first name Yaad is habitual in Israel, where it is quite a rare mostly masculine, but uncommonly girly name, Pakistan, where it is a rare masculine name, and India, where it is a rare principally male, but very seldom feminine name. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in Southern Asia, particularly India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Very seldom, Yaad is the last name as well as the forename.