Chad (given name)

This article is about people named "Chad". For other uses, see Chad (disambiguation).

Chad
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/Name	Old English given name, "Ceadda"
Meaning	"battle"

Chad is a masculine given name of English/Welsh origins. It is a modern variant of the Old English given name "Ceadda", influenced by the Welsh word "cad" meaning "battle". Until the 20th century, Chad was an uncommon name. According to the Social Security Administration, Chad first entered the top 1000 names for male children in the United States in 1945, when it was the 997th most popular name. Its popularity peaked in 1972 and 1973, at number 25. As of 2010^[update] it was the 547th most popular name for boys in the United States.^[1]

People with the given name

• Chad Allan (musician) (born 1943), Canadian musician and founding member of The Guess Who
• Chad Allen (actor) (born 1974), American actor
• Chad Allen (baseball) (born 1975), American baseball player
• Chad Ashton (born 1967), retired American soccer player
• Chad Butler (born 1974), American drummer for Switchfoot
• Chad Channing (born 1967), former drummer for Nirvana and member of Fire Ants
• Chad Durbin (born 1977), Philadelphia Phillies relief Pitcher
• Chad Everett (born 1936), American actor
• Chad Gray (born 1971), American lead singer for Mudvayne and Hellyeah
• Chad I. Ginsburg (born 1972), lead guitarist and producer of the rock band CKY
• Chad Henne (born 1985), American football player
• Chad Hugo (born 1974), American record producer
• Chad Kroeger (born 1974), lead singer and guitarist for Nickelback
• Chad Levitt (born 1975), American NFL football player
• Chad Michael Murray (born 1981), American actor
• Chad Ochocinco (born 1978), American football player
• Chad of Mercia, seventh-century Anglo-Saxon churchman and saint
• Chad Pennington (born 1976), American football player
• Chad Peralta (born 1985), Filipino-Australian singer and actor
• Chad Randall (born 1980), Harlequins Rugby League player
• Chad Robinson (born 1980), Harlequins Rugby League player
• Chad Smith (born 1961), drummer for Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Chad Sexton (born 1970), drummer for 311
• Chad Trujillo (born 1973), astronomer and the co-discoverer of the dwarf planet Eris
• Chad Urmston (born 1976), lead singer and guitarist for Dispatch and State Radio
• Chad Varah (1911–2007), founder of The Samaritans, crisis hotline organization
• Chad Vaughn (born 1980), American weightlifter

People with the surname

• Dominic Chad (born 1972), English rock guitarist,
• Norman Chad (born 1958), American sportswriter and syndicated columnist

Fictional characters

• Chad, a character also known as Yasutora Sado, in the manga and anime series Bleach
• Chad, a spokesman in commercials for Alltel, played by comedian Chad Brokaw
• Chad Danforth from the High School Musical franchise
• Chad Dickson, a character in Codename: Kids Next Door media
• Chad Dylan Cooper, a character in the television series Sonny With a Chance
• Chad Vader, an Internet Star Wars fan series

References

1. ^ "Popular Baby Names". Social Security Administration. http://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/index.html. 

See also

• Chad Johnson (disambiguation)
• Chad Smith (disambiguation)
• Chad Butler (1973–2007), American rapper, better known as Pimp C
• Chad Stuart (born 1941), one half of the pop duo of Chad & Jeremy

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