Haddad (

Aramaic The Aramaic languages, short Aramaic ( syc, ܐܪܡܝܐ, Arāmāyā; oar, 𐤀𐤓𐤌𐤉𐤀; arc, 𐡀𐡓𐡌𐡉𐡀; tmr, אֲרָמִית), are a language family containing many varieties (languages and dialects) that originated i ...

: ܚܕܕ or ܚܕܐܕ, ar, حداد, he, חדד;) is a primarily Levantine

family name In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name, ...

originating in Aramaic. The original Haddad (Aramaic: ܚܕܕ or ܚܕܐܕ) surname means ''

blacksmith A blacksmith is a metalsmith who creates objects primarily from wrought iron or steel, but sometimes from other metals, by forging the metal, using tools to hammer, bend, and cut (cf. tinsmith). Blacksmiths produce objects such as gates, gr ...

'' in

Semitic languages The Semitic languages are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They are spoken by more than 330 million people across much of West Asia, the Horn of Africa, and latterly North Africa, Malta, West Africa, Chad, and in large immigrant ...

. It is commonly used in the Levant and in

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. In the

- Turoyo dialect, the Haddads are also known as "Hadodo ܚܕܕܐ". People with the surname

Hadodo Hadodo ( Syriac: ܚܕܕܐ) is an Aramean family name. Hadodo means Blacksmith in the Aramaic- Turoyo dialect. The Hadodo name derives from the ancient name Haddad (Aramaic: ܚܕܕ or ܚܕܐܕ) which dates back to the ancient era of Mesopotamia. ...

, are usually Assyrian Syriac Christians from Tur Abdin. Although ancestry of the last name varies due to migration, there exists a variety of origins, and not all of the name carriers share the same blood line.

Hadad Hadad ( uga, ), Haddad, Adad (Akkadian: 𒀭𒅎 '' DIM'', pronounced as ''Adād''), or Iškur ( Sumerian) was the storm and rain god in the Canaanite and ancient Mesopotamian religions. He was attested in Ebla as "Hadda" in c. 2500 BCE. ...

is also the name of a Semitic storm-god.Spencer L. Allen (5 March 2015). The Splintered Divine: A Study of Istar, Baal, and Yahweh Divine Names and Divine Multiplicity in the Ancient Near East. p. 10. . Note that some of the Israeli surnames mentioned below were adopted by European Jewish immigrants during the period known as

Hebraization of surnames The Hebraization of surnames (also Hebraicization) ( he, עברות, ''Ivrut'', "Hebraization") is the act of adopting a Hebrew surname in exchange for a diaspora name. For many diaspora Jews who migrated to Israel, taking a Hebrew surname was ...

starting in the 1920s.

Persons with surname

Haddad

* Aaron Haddad (born 1982), American professional wrestler best known as Damien Sandow * Abd al-Masih Haddad (1890–1963), writer of the Mahjar movement and journalist * Amir Haddad (born 1984), Israeli French singer * Amir-John Haddad (born 1975), German-Spanish flamenco guitarist and multi-instrumentalist * Antoine Haddad (born 1954), Lebanese politician * Andreas Haddad (born 1982), Assyrian Swedish footballer * Beatriz Haddad Maia (born 1996), Brazilian tennis player * Brendha Haddad (born 1986), Brazilian actress * Caroline Haddad, Canadian competitive pair skater *

Dany Haddad Dany Haddad (born 16 September 1960) is a Lebanese épée and foil fencer. He competed at the 1980 and 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an int ...

(born 1960), Lebanese fencer *

Diana Haddad Diana Haddad ( ar, ديانا حداد; born 1 October 1976) is a Lebanese singer, actress, and television personality who also holds Emirati citizenship and is based in the United Arab Emirates. Haddad is one of the most popular Arabic pop mu ...

(born 1976), Lebanese singer * Drew Haddad (born 1978), American football player * Eddie Haddad (1928–1978), Canadian boxer *

Fairuz Nouhad Wadie' Haddad ( ar, نهاد وديع حداد, ; born November 21, 1934), known as Fairuz ( ar, فيروز, ; also spelled Fairouz, Feyrouz or Fayrouz), is a Lebanese singer. She is considered by many as one of the leading vocalists a ...

(born 1935), birth name Nouhad Wadie' Haddad, Lebanese singer * Fawwaz Haddad (born 1947), Syrian novelist *

Fernando Haddad Fernando Haddad (born 25 January 1963) is a Brazilian academic and politician who has served as the Brazilian Minister of Finance since 1 January 2023. He was previously the List of mayors of São Paulo, Mayor of São Paulo from 2013 to 2016. He ...

(born 1963), Brazilian academic and politician * Fouad Haddad (1927–1985), Egyptian poet * George Ibrahim Haddad, Jordanian writer, poet, and journalist *

Ghassan Haddad The Ghassanids ( ar, الغساسنة, translit=al-Ġasāsina, also Banu Ghassān (, romanized as: ), also called the Jafnids, were an Arab tribe which founded a kingdom. They emigrated from southern Arabia in the early 3rd century to the Levan ...

(1926-2021), Syrian politician, served as a General in the army and as the minister of planning * Hubert Haddad (born 1947), Tunisian poet, playwright, and writer * Humberto Hernandez-Haddad (born 1951), Mexican lawyer, Senator, and Federal Congressman * Ibrahim Haddad (born 1938), Syrian politician and minister * Ilias Haddad (born 1989), Dutch-Moroccan footballer *

Jamey Haddad Jamey George Haddad (born July 2, 1952 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American percussionist who works primarily in the fields of jazz and world music and specializes in hand drums. Biography Haddad is of Lebanese ancestry. From the age of four, he b ...

(born 1952), American jazz percussionist * Jerrier A. Haddad (1922–2017), computer engineer *

Joumana Haddad Joumana Haddad ( ar, جمانة حداد) ( Salloum; born December 6, 1970 in Beirut) is a Lebanese author, public speaker, journalist and human rights activist. She has been selected as one of the world’s 100 most powerful Arab women by Arabi ...

(born 1970), Lebanese poet, translator, journalist, and women's rights activist * Karim Haddad (born 1962), Lebanese composer *

Kasia Haddad Kasia Haddad is a Scottish actress. She portrayed the role of Josie Jump for series 3 and 4 in the children's television programme ''Balamory ''Balamory'' is a British live-action children's programme on BBC One, BBC Two and CBeebies for p ...

(born 1979), British actress * Lahcen Haddad (born 1960), Moroccan politician * Lawrence Haddad (born 1959), British economist * Line Haddad (born 1978), French-Israeli pair skater *

Maria Ziadie-Haddad Maria Ziadie-Haddad (born 1955) is an airline pilot from Jamaica. She was the first woman commercial pilot hired by Air Jamaica and upon obtaining her qualifications as a captain became Air Jamaica's first woman captain. When the government dives ...

(born 1955), Jamaican airline pilot *

Malek Haddad Malek Haddad (born in Constantine, Algeria on 5 July 1927; died in Algiers Algiers ( ; ar, الجزائر, al-Jazāʾir; ber, Dzayer, script=Latn; french: Alger, ) is the capital and largest city of Algeria. The city's population at the 200 ...

(1927–1978), Algerian poet and writer * Maya Haddad (2009-) famous artis/dancer * Meryam Haddad (born 1988), Canadian politician * Michel Haddad (born 1902), Egyptian boxer *

Mohammed Haddad Mohammed Haddad ( ar, محمد حداد) (born 2 October 1975) is a Bahraini composer and music critic. He is an active artist in the music scene of Bahrain and a leading composer in the film scores of Bahraini films. He is best known for his wor ...

(born 1975), Bahraini composer and music critic * Musue Noha Haddad, Liberian journalist and photojournalist *

Nabil Haddad Nabil Haddad is a priest in the Melkite Greek Catholic Church and a leading figure among Arab Christians in Jordan. He is the founder and current director of the Jordanian Interfaith Coexistence Research Center (JICRC) in Amman, Jordan. Biography ...

, Jordanian Arab priest of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church * Óscar Bitar Haddad (born 1942), Mexican politician * Paul Haddad (1963-2020), English-born Canadian actor *

Qassim Haddad Qassim Haddad (born 1948) is a Bahraini poet, particularly notable within the Arab world for his free verse poetry. His poems have been translated in several languages including German, English and French. Biography Qassim Haddad was born in Bah ...

(born 1948), Bahraini poet *

Radley Haddad Radley W. Haddad (born May 11, 1990) is an American professional baseball coach for the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball. Career Haddad attended Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School in Indianapolis. He was recruited to Western Caroli ...

(born 1990), American baseball coach *

Rudy Haddad Rudy Haddad ( he, רודי חדד; born 5 February 1985) is a former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Career Haddad is Jewish, and was born in Paris and raised in France to a family of Tunisian Jewish descent. He ...

(born 1985), French-Israeli football player * Saad Haddad (1936–1984), Lebanese militant * Sami Haddad (born 1950), Lebanese businessman, politician, and government minister * Sami Ibrahim Haddad (1890–1957), Lebanese physician and writer * Shai Haddad (born 1987), Israeli footballer *

Sonya Haddad Sonya Haddad (November 9, 1936 – June 15, 2004) was a libretto translator and surtitler for the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Life and career Haddad was born in Canton, Ohio, on November 9, 1936, and grew up in Akron. She graduated from ...

(1936–2004), American translator and surtitler *

Soraya Haddad Soraya Haddad (born 30 September 1984) is an Algerian judoka. She won abronze medal in the 52 kg weight class at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She has been the African champion five times: 2004, 2005, 2008, 2011 and 2012, and also a bronze me ...

(born 1984), Algerian judoka *

Tahar Haddad Tahar Haddad ( ar, الطاهر الحداد; 1899 – December 1935) was a Tunisian author, labor activist, scholar and reformer. Haddad, was born in Tunis to a family of shopkeepers and studied Islamic law at the Great Mosque of Zitouna from ...

(1899–1935), Tunisian author, scholar, and reformer *

Vico Haddad Victor "Vico" Haddad (Hebrew: ויקטור "ויקו" חדד) is a former Tunisian-Jewish Israeli footballer and football manager."Viko Hadad named new Hap. Haifa coachJerusalem Post Feb 6, 1995/ref> He is the long-time manager of Ben-Gurion Uni ...

(born 1960), Israeli footballer and sports manager *

Wadie Haddad Wadie Haddad ( ar, وديع حداد; 1927 – 28 March 1978), also known as Abu Hani, was a Palestinian leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine's armed wing. He was responsible for organizing several civilian airplane ...

(1927–1978), Palestinian former head of the armed wing of the

PFLP The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine ( ar, الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير فلسطين, translit=al-Jabhah al-Sha`biyyah li-Taḥrīr Filasṭīn, PFLP) is a secular Palestinian Marxist–Leninist and revolutionary so ...

* Wassim Michael Haddad (born 1961), Lebanese-Greek-American mathematician, scientist, and engineer * William J. Haddad (1915–2010), Canadian lawyer and jurist *

Yvonne Haddad Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad (born in Syria) is Professor of the History of Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations at the Prince Alwaleed Center for Muslim–Christian Understanding at Georgetown University. Her interests and focus include contemporary I ...

, Syrian professor

Hadad

Amir Hadad Amir Hadad (Hebrew: אמיר חדד, born 17 February 1978) is a retired Israeli professional tennis player. His highest singles ATP ranking was World No. 180, achieved in April 2003, and his highest doubles ranking was No. 87, achieved in Ma ...

(born 1978), Israeli tennis player * Astrid Hadad (born 1957), Lebanese-Mexican actress * Aviv Hadad (born 1984), Israeli footballer * Daniel Hadad (born 1961), Argentine telecommunication businessman * Haneh Hadad (1919–2020), Israeli Arab politician and Member of the Knesset *

Mauricio Hadad Mauricio Hadad (born 7 December 1971) is a former tennis player from Colombia and former captain of the Colombia Davis Cup team, Colombia Davis Cup Team. Hadad is of Lebanese people, Lebanese background. The right-hander turned pro in 1988 and re ...

(born 1971), Colombian tennis player *

Sarit Hadad Sarit Hadad ( he, שרית חדד, ) (born on September 20, 1978) is an Israeli singer. In October 2009, the Israeli Music TV Channel (Channel 24) named Hadad "best female singer of the 2000s". She represented Israel at the Eurovision Song Contes ...

(born 1978), Israeli singer

Al Haddad

* Abdallah ibn Alawi al-Haddad (1634–1720), Yemeni Islamic scholar *

Abdulrahman Al-Haddad Abdulrahman Al-Haddad ( ar, عبد الرحمن الحداد) (born 31 March 1966) is a retired UAE footballer. He played as a centre back for the UAE national football team as well as the Sharjah Club in Sharjah. Al-Haddad played for the UAE at ...

(born 1966), Emirati footballer *

Muayad Al-Haddad Muayad Rehayyem Gamal Al-Haddad (born 3 March 1960) is a Kuwaiti former football forward who played for Kuwait in the 1982 FIFA World Cup The 1982 FIFA World Cup was the 12th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial Association football, football tou ...

(born 1960), Kuwaiti footballer * Saleh Al-Haddad (born 1986), Kuwaiti track and field athlete

El Haddad

* Andre El Haddad (born 1971), Lebanese football referee * Laila el-Haddad, Palestinian freelance journalist, author, and media activist * Mahmoud El-Haddad (born 1986), Egyptian weightlifter *Saad El-Haddad, birth name of

Baba Saad Saad El-Haddad ( ar, سعد الحداد; born 26 November 1985), better known by his stage names Baba Saad or just Saad, is a German rapper of Lebanese descent. Early life Baba Saad was born in Beirut, Lebanon, but emigrated to Syke in norther ...

or just Saad, German rapper of Lebanese descent * Essam El-Haddad (born 1953), Egyptian politician

Other

Estádio Anísio Haddad The Estádio Anísio Haddad, usually known as Rio Pretão, is a multi-purpose stadium in São José do Rio Preto, Brazil. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium has a capacity of 14,014 people. It was built in 1968. Rio ...

, usually known as Rio Pretão, multi-purpose stadium in São José do Rio Preto, Brazil

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