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Globally, חדד (Hadad , חדד ) is quite a rare primarily male, but very seldom female forename. The forename חדד is characteristic of Northern Africa, particularly Morocco, where it is quite a rare dominantly masculine, but infrequently female name, Algeria, and Libya, where it is a rare male name. In absolute terms, it is commonest in Indonesia, Algeria, and Morocco. More frequently, חדד is the last name as well as the forename.
חדד is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Hadad ben Bedad , the biblical character, Book of Genesis; Hadad the Edomite , the member of the royal house of Edom, who escaped the massacre under Joab and fled to Egypt, 1 Kings and Hadad , the son of Ishmael, Genesis 25.