Waad

given name · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/wɔæd/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Waad is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Sudan than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • SASaudi Arabia≈1 in 6.6K(inferred from the name graph)
  • SYSyria≈1 in 10K
  • EGEgypt≈1 in 21K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Sudan (inferred from the name graph)

≈18,000 people, est.

Sources
102 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 2.5K (inferred from the name graph)

Sudan, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

Locally spelled Wa'Ad in JO Jordan.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Waad counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Waad is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
SD Sudan#103≈18,000 est.≈1 in 2.5K—Waad20
SA Saudi Arabia#585≈5,200 est.≈1 in 6.6K—Waad86
EG Egypt—≈5,100 est.≈1 in 21K—Waad45
SY Syria—≈1,900 est.≈1 in 10K—Waad19
AE United Arab Emirates—≈730 est.≈1 in 14K—Waad31
JO Jordan—≈570 est.≈1 in 19K—Wa'Ad16
US United States—3321 in 1M176Waad102

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Waad is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Germany, Australia, Syria

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Waead, Wa'Ad, Wäåd, Wäãd, Waeåd

  • Spanish given name12 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, United States, Brazil, Iraq

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Wàád, Ẅǻǻd, Ŵaȃď, Wääď, Waàd

  • Indonesian given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Iraq, United States, Syria

    Also written Wa'Ad

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Waâd

32 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Waad is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Dutch, inflection of waden:

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In yol, we had

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

How to address them(machine-generated)

Informalمرحباً Waad،Hi Waad, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 14 sources across 9 countries.

Official registers attesting Waad
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020176#27,528
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020156#27,528
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20198—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20257—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20247—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20207—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19997—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20236—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20226—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19986—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20035—

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Waad?
A machine transcription gives /wɔæd/ (IPA) for Arabic.
Is Waad a male or female name?
Waad is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
In which country does Waad have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 18 thousand people named Waad in the Sudan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled waad.
How common is the name Waad?
In the United States, the national register counted 332 people named Waad in 2020, about 1 in 1.0 million residents.
How common is Waad compared with other names?
In the Sudan, Waad is the 103rd most common given name of 4,989 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Waad” — the 103rd most common given name in Sudan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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