The name Chad is the modernized form of the Old English given name ''Ceadda''. It is also a short form (

hypocorism A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek: (), from (), 'to call by pet names', sometimes also ''hypocoristic'') or pet name is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for I ...

) of

Charles Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was ...

, Chadd, Chadrick and Chadwick. Until the 20th century, Chad was very rarely used as a given name. According to the

Social Security Administration The United States Social Security Administration (SSA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government that administers Social Security, a social insurance program consisting of retirement, disability and survivor benefits. To qualify fo ...

, Chad first entered the top 1000 names for male children in the

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., federal district, five ma ...

in 1945, when it was the 997th most popular name. Its popularity suddenly peaked beginning in the mid 1960s, reaching rank 25 in 1972 and 1973. From the mid 1970s, its popularity began a gradual decline, reaching rank 236 in 2000 and rank 667 as of 2013.

Given name

Chad of Mercia Chad of Mercia (died 2 March 672) was a prominent 7th-century Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Saxon Catholic monk who became abbot of several monasteries, Archbishop of York, Bishop of the Northumbrians and subsequently Bishop of Lichfield, Bishop of the ...

(died 672), Anglo-Saxon bishop *

Chad Allan (musician) Chad Allan, (born Allan Peter Stanley Kowbel, March 29, 1943) is a Canadian musician who was the founding member and original lead singer of the Guess Who. Career Allan's first band, ''Allan and the Silvertones'', was formed while he was attend ...

(born 1943), Canadian musician and founding member of The Guess Who * Chad Allegra (born 1980), American professional wrestler *

Chad Allen (actor) Chad Allen (born June 5, 1974) is an American psychologist and retired actor. Beginning his career at the age of seven, Allen is a three-time Young Artist Award winner and GLAAD Media Award honoree. He was a teen idol during the late 1980s as Da ...

(born 1974), American actor *

Chad Allen (baseball) John Chad Allen (born February 6, 1975) is an American former professional baseball left fielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins, Cleveland Indians, Florida Marlins and Texas Rangers. Career Born in Dalla ...

(born 1975), American baseball player *

Chad Ashton Chad Ashton (born October 26, 1967 in Denver, Colorado) is an American former soccer midfielder who spent one season in Major League Soccer, four in the American Professional Soccer League, six in the National Professional Soccer League and on ...

(born 1967), retired American soccer player *

Chad Beebe Chad Beebe (born June 1, 1994) is an American football wide receiver who is a free agent. He played college football at Northern Illinois Huskies football, Northern Illinois. Early life and high school Born in Buffalo, New York, Beebe attended ...

(born 1994), American football player *

Chad Bettis Chad Robert Bettis (born April 26, 1989) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Colorado Rockies. He made his MLB debut in 2013. Prior to playing professionally, he attended Texas ...

(born 1989), American Major League Baseball pitcher * Chad Bond (born 1987), Welsh footballer *

Chad Bradford Chadwick Lee Bradford (born September 14, 1974) is an American former professional relief pitcher. He was well known for his extreme submarine-style pitching, and his success in Major League Baseball (MLB) despite his unconventional delivery and ...

(born 1974), American former Major League Baseball relief pitcher *

Chad Brown (disambiguation) Chad Brown may refer to: * Chad Brown (basketball) (born 1996), American basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League * Chad Brown (minister) (–1650), early American Baptist minister, co-founder of Rhode Island * Chad Brown (lineb ...

Chad Butler Chad Lamont Butler (December 29, 1973 – December 4, 2007), better known by his stage name Pimp C, was an American rapper and record producer. He was best known for his work with Bun B as one half of the hip-hop duo Underground Kingz (UGK). S ...

(1973-2007), American rapper *

Chad Channing Chad Channing (born January 31, 1967) is an American musician who is best known as the drummer of the grunge band Nirvana from 1988 until 1990, during which time they recorded and released their debut album '' Bleach''; he also appears on "Pol ...

(born 1967), former drummer for Nirvana and member of Fire Ants *

Chad Cornes Chad Studley Cornes (born 12 November 1979) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Port Adelaide Football Club and Greater Western Sydney Giants in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was a member of the ...

(born 1979), Australian Rules Football player *

Chad Curtis Chad David Curtis (born November 6, 1968) is an American former professional baseball outfielder and convicted sex offender. Curtis played major league baseball from 1992 to 2001 for the California Angels, Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Cle ...

(born 1968), American former Major League Baseball player convicted of sexual assault *

Chad DeGrenier Chad DeGrenier (born January 13, 1973) is a former American football quarterback who played three seasons in the Arena Football League (AFL) with the Arizona Rattlers and Carolina Cobras. He first enrolled at Grossmont College before transferring ...

(born 1973), American football player *

Chad E. Donella Chad E. Donella (born May 18, 1978) is a Canadian actor who has appeared in several movies and television shows. He married Joni Bertin in 2007. Life and career He attended the Arts York Drama Program, in which he participated in such plays a ...

(born 1978), Canadian actor *

Chad Durbin Chad Griffin Durbin (born December 3, 1977), is an American former professional baseball pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Royals, Cleveland Indians, and Detroit Tigers of the American League (AL), and the Ari ...

(born 1977), Philadelphia Phillies relief Pitcher *

Chad Everett Raymon Lee Cramton (June 11, 1937 – July 24, 2012), known professionally as Chad Everett, was an American actor who appeared in more than 40 films and television series. He played Dr. Joe Gannon in the television drama '' Medical Center'', whi ...

(1936–2012), American actor * Chad Gould (born 1982), Filipino-English footballer *

Chad Gray Chad Gray (born October 16, 1971) is an American singer, best known as the lead vocalist of heavy metal bands Mudvayne and Hellyeah. Career Mudvayne Gray quit his factory job that paid $40,000 a year to move to Peoria, Illinois and formed Mud ...

(born 1971), American lead singer for Mudvayne and Hellyeah *

Chad I. Ginsburg Chad I Ginsburg (born April 24, 1972), also credited as CiG, is an American musician, singer and record producer. He is best known as the guitarist, producer and current vocalist of West Chester-based band CKY, which he co-founded in 1998. Prio ...

(born 1972), lead guitarist and producer of the rock band CKY * Chad Hansen (born 1995), American football player *

Chad Henne Chad Steven Henne (; born July 2, 1985) is an American football quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Michigan. While there, Henne became only the second true freshman start ...

(born 1985), American football player *

Chad Hugo Charles Edward Hugo (born February 24, 1974) is an American record producer, multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter. With close friend Pharrell Williams, he formed the production duo the Neptunes in the early 1990s, with whom he has prod ...

(born 1974), American record producer *

Chad Johnson (wide receiver) Chad Ochocinco Johnson (born Chad Javon Johnson; January 9, 1978), known from 2008 to 2012 as Chad Ochocinco, is a former American football wide receiver. He played college football for Santa Monica College and Oregon State University, and p ...

(born 1978), American football player *

Chad Johnson (ice hockey) Chad Terry Johnson (born June 10, 1986) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. He most recently played for the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected in the fifth round, 125th overall by the Pittsb ...

(born 1986), Canadian ice hockey goaltender *

Chad S. Johnson Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Repub ...

(born 1967), American attorney and political activist * Chad Kanoff (born 1994), American football player *

Chad Kelly Chad Patrick Kelly (born March 26, 1994) is an American professional gridiron football quarterback for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football at Clemson and Ole Miss. The Denver Broncos selected ...

(born 1994), American football player * Chad Kelsay (born 1977), American football player * Chad Kessler (American football) (born 1975), American football player * Chad Kilgore (born 1989), American football player *

Chad Kroeger Chad Robert Kroeger ( Turton; born November 15, 1974) is a Canadian musician who is the lead singer and guitarist of the rock band Nickelback. In addition to his work with Nickelback, Kroeger has been involved with a variety of collaborati ...

(born 1974), lead singer and guitarist for Nickelback *

Chad le Clos Chad Guy Bertrand le Clos, Order of Ikhamanga, OIS (born 12 April 1992) is a South African competitive Swimming (sport), swimmer who is an Olympic, World and Commonwealth Games champion. He is the List of African records in swimming, African rec ...

(born 1992), South African world and Olympic champion in swimming *

Chad Levitt Chad Levitt (born November 21, 1975) is an American former NFL football player. He is Jewish, was born in Melrose Park, Pennsylvania, is 6–1, and had a playing weight of 231 pounds. He played high school football, and wrestled and competed i ...

(born 1975), American National Football League player *

Chad Lowe Charles Davis Lowe II (born January 15, 1968) is an American actor. He is the younger brother of actor Rob Lowe. He won an Emmy Award for his supporting role in '' Life Goes On'' as a young man living with HIV. He has had recurring roles on '' E ...

(born 1968), American actor and director *

Chad McKnight Chad McKnight (born June 19, 1983 in Lancaster, Ohio) is an American professional basketball player, who has signed as the Player-Coach for the 2009-10 British Basketball League season with the Guildford Heat. The Forward was educated at Morehea ...

, American professional basketball player * Chad McMahan, American politician *

Chad Mendes Chad Edward Mendes (born May 1, 1985)Archived
from the ...

, American mixed martial arts fighter *

Chad Michael Murray Chad Michael Murray (born August 24, 1981) is an American actor and writer. He is best known for playing Lucas Scott in The WB/ CW drama series ''One Tree Hill'' (2003–09, 2012), a recurring role as Tristin DuGray on The WB/ CW series ''Gilm ...

(born 1981), American actor *

Chad Michaels Chad Michael Storbeck, known professionally as Chad Michaels (born March 20, 1971), is an American drag performer and professional Cher impersonator. He was the runner-up of the fourth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'', alongside Phi Phi O'Hara, ...

, American drag queen *

Chad Muma Chad Muma (born August 18, 1999) is an American football linebacker for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Wyoming and was drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the third round of the ...

(born 1999), American football player *

Chad Muska Chad Muska (born May 20, 1977) is an American professional skateboarder, musician and entrepreneur. In November 2012, Skin Phillips, editor-in-chief of ''Transworld Skateboarding'', described Muska as "one of the most marketable pros skateboardin ...

(born 1977), American professional skateboarder *

Chad Pennington James Chadwick Pennington (born June 26, 1976) is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons. He played college football at Marshall, where he won the Sammy Baugh Trophy, and was sele ...

(born 1976), American football player *

Chad Peralta Richard Edward Peralta,Chad Peralta, Birth Name: Richard Peralta, Nickname: ...

(born 1985), Filipino-Australian singer and actor *

Chad Person Chad Person (born 1978) is an American contemporary artist primarily known for his sculptural and collage works. Work His project: RECESS (resource exhaustion crisis evacuation safety shelter) is an example of his conceptual approach. In this ong ...

(born 1978), US contemporary artist *

Chad Randall Chad Randall (born 30 December 1980) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played for the Manly Sea Eagles in the NRL and the London Broncos in the Super League. Randall's usual position was . Background Randall was ...

(born 1980), Harlequins Rugby League player *

Chad M. Rienstra Chad M. Rienstra is a professor of chemistry at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He formerly was a tenured professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign where he joined the Department of Chemistry in 2002 as assistant professo ...

(Born 1971), Chemistry Professor at UW-Madison *

Chad Robinson Chad Damian Robinson (20 October 1980 – 26 November 2016) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer. Robinson spent several years in Australia's National Rugby League with the Parramatta Eels and the Sydney Roosters and a se ...

(born 1980), Harlequins Rugby League player *

Chad Smith (disambiguation) Chad Smith may also refer to: * Chad Smith (born 1961), drummer for the Red Hot Chili Peppers. * Chad Smith (athlete) (born 1974), American decathlete * Chad Smith (soccer) (born 1980), American soccer player * Chad Smith (politician) (born 1950), ...

Chad Sexton 311 may refer to: * 311 (number), a natural number * AD 311, a year of the Julian calendar, in the fourth century AD * 311 BC, a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar * 311 (band), an American band ** 311 (album), ''311'' (album), band 311's self-t ...

(born 1970), drummer for 311 *

Chad Stahelski Chad Stahelski (born September 20, 1968) is an American stuntman and film director. He is known for directing the 2014 film ''John Wick'' and directing its three sequels. Stahelski also doubled for Brandon Lee after the fatal accident involving L ...

(born 1968), American stuntman and film director *

Chad Stuart David Stuart Chadwick (10 December 1941 – 20 December 2020) was an English musician and producer, best known as Chad Stuart of 1960's British Invasion duo Chad & Jeremy. Stuart has writing credits on four of the 11 Chad & Jeremy songs which en ...

(1941-2020), one half of the pop duo of

Chad & Jeremy Chad & Jeremy were a British musical duo consisting of Chad Stuart and Jeremy Clyde, who began working in 1962 and had their first hit song in the UK with " Yesterday's Gone" (1963). That song became a hit in the United States in the following ...

Chad Thomas Chad Thomas (born October 12, 1995), also known as Major Nine, is a former American football defensive end and rapper. He played college football at Miami (FL) and was drafted by the Browns in the third round of the 2018 NFL Draft. High sch ...

(born 1995), American football player *

Chad Taylor (guitarist) Chad David Taylor (born November 24, 1970, in York, Pennsylvania) is an American guitarist and backing vocalist for the band The Gracious Few and former guitarist for the band Live. Live have sold over 20 million records, including the 8× plat ...

(born 1970), American guitarist and backing vocalist in the bands The Gracious Few and Live * Chad Taylor (writer) (born 1964), New Zealand writer *

Chad Trujillo Chadwick A. Trujillo (born November 22, 1973) is an American astronomer, discoverer of minor planets and the co-discoverer of Eris, the most massive dwarf planet known in the Solar System. Trujillo works with computer software and has examined ...

(born 1973), astronomer *

Chad Urmston Chad (Chadwick) Stokes Urmston (born February 26, 1976) is an American musician and a human rights activist. He is the frontman for the Boston-area bands Dispatch and State Radio, and released solo music under the name Chadwick Stokes. Early ...

(born 1976), lead singer and guitarist for Dispatch and State Radio *

Chad VanGaalen Chad VanGaalen (born 1977) is a Canadian musician and artist from Calgary, Alberta. Career ''Infiniheart'' Following a few scattered independent releases, done mostly on homemade CDs with hand-drawn art, VanGaalen released '' Infiniheart'' (200 ...

(born 1977), Canadian musician and singer *

Chad Varah Edward Chad Varah (12 November 1911 – 8 November 2007) was a British Anglican priest and social activist from England. In 1953, he founded the Samaritans, the world's first crisis hotline, to provide telephone support to those contemplati ...

(1911–2007), founder of The Samaritans crisis hotline organization *

Chad Vaughn Chad Thomas Vaughn (born May 11, 1980 in Konawa, Oklahoma) is an American Olympic weightlifter. He was a member of the 2004 Olympic team in Athens, Greece, and ranked 18th in the 77 kg category, lifting a total of 320 kg. He compete ...

(born 1980), American weightlifter *

Chad Wackerman Chad Wackerman (born March 25, 1960) is an American jazz, jazz fusion and rock drummer, who has played with Frank Zappa and Allan Holdsworth. He has worked as a band member, session musician, sideman, and leader of his own ensembles. He is th ...

(born 1960), American drummer *

Chad Williams (wide receiver) Chad Williams (born October 19, 1994) is an American football wide receiver who is a free agent. He played college football at Grambling State. He was selected by the Arizona Cardinals in the third round (98th overall) in the 2017 NFL Draft. H ...

(born 1994), American football player

Surname

Charles Chad Charles Souza Chad (born 31 December 1981) is a Brazilian professional footballer who is currently a play for Macaé. He previously played for Perlis FA as a forward. References External links * 1981 births Living people Associat ...

(born 1982), Brazilian footballer *

Dominic Chad Dominic Chad (born 5 June 1972 in Exeter, Devon, England) is an English musician, formerly the lead guitarist, backing vocalist, arranger and co-writer of the rock band Mansun. Biography Early days Born in Exeter, Devon, Chad grew up in Maidston ...

(born 1972), English rock guitarist *

George William Chad George William Chad (1784 or 6 July 1781, Thursford – 25 April 1849, London) was a British diplomat. George William Chad was the son of Sir George Chad, Bart. He was educated at Caius College, Cambridge, graduating B.A. in 1809 and M.A. in 181 ...

(1781 or 1784-1849), English diplomat *

Norman Chad Norman A. Chad (born 1958) is an American sportswriter, poker player and syndicated columnist who is seen on the sports channel ESPN. He also was an occasional guest host on the ESPN show ''Pardon the Interruption'' and has appeared as both ho ...

(born 1958), American sportswriter and syndicated columnist

Fictional characters

Chad (Saturday Night Live) Chad is a fictional character from '' Saturday Night Live'', portrayed by Pete Davidson. Background The character was created by and is played by Pete Davidson. He first appears in the SNL skit "Pool Boy," which is part of the episode that a ...

, played by Pete Davidson * Chad Danforth, from the ''High School Musical'' franchise'' *

Chad Dylan Cooper File:SonnyWithaChaceCast.jpg, 300px, The main characters of ''Sonny with a Chance'' in season 1 (from left to right): Tawni Hart (Tiffany Thornton), Grady Mitchell (Doug Brochu), Sonny Munroe (Demi Lovato), Chad Dylan Cooper (Sterling Knight), Z ...

, from ''

Sonny with a Chance ''Sonny with a Chance'' is an American teen sitcom created by Steve Marmel that aired on Disney Channel for two seasons between February 2009 and January 2011. The series centers on Sonny Munroe (portrayed by Demi Lovato), a teenage comedian ...

'' * The title character of '' Chad Vader: Day Shift Manager'', an Internet ''Star Wars'' fan series * The Blue Lightspeed Ranger "

Chad Lee The protagonists and antagonists of '' Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue'' are all residents of planet Earth with no alien characters appearing as a part of the cast. This series features the battle between the Lightspeed Rescue squad and the demons ...

" from the ''Power Rangers'' franchise * Chad C. Mulligan, from ''

Stand on Zanzibar ''Stand on Zanzibar'' is a dystopian New Wave science fiction novel written by John Brunner and first published in 1968. The book won a Hugo Award for Best Novel at the 27th World Science Fiction Convention in 1969, as well as the 1969 BSFA Awa ...

'' * Chad Feldheimer, from ''

Burn After Reading ''Burn After Reading'' is a 2008 black comedy spy film written, produced, edited and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. It follows a recently jobless CIA analyst, Osbourne Cox ( John Malkovich) whose misplaced memoirs are found by a pair of dimw ...

'' * Chad Hanna, title character of ''

Chad Hanna ''Chad Hanna'' is a 1940 American drama romance film directed by Henry King, and was adapted from a bestseller of sorts that was published that same year. The novel was written by Walter Dumaux Edmonds (after it had first been published in seri ...

'' *

Yasutora Sado is a fictional character in the anime and manga series ''Bleach (manga), Bleach'' created by Tite Kubo. He is also one of Ichigo Kurosaki's best friends. Because Ichigo first read Yasutora's name off a nametag, he pronounced his family name as d ...

, nicknamed Chad, from the anime and manga series ''Bleach''

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