Barad (surname)

Barad is a family name with multiple ethnic sources and meanings ( _he. ברד, _ru. Барад). It was ranked #88,149 in popularity in the 1990 US census. [ [http://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/names_files.html US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring First Names and Surnames from the 1990 Census] .] Variants: Barada, Barade, Baradi, Baradt, Barat, Bard, Brar, Barrett, Albarado, Al-Barad'i "For other meanings, see Barad."

Sources and meanings

*Barad is a common name in the Maratha clan system and among the Savji people of India.
*Barad is a Jewish Ashkenazic name derived from the Hebrew patronymic phrase Ben Rabi David "son of Rabbi David". [Hanks, Patrick, "Dictionary of American Family Names", New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. ISBN 0-19-508137-4]
*Barad is a Jewish Sephardic name of unknown origin. [ [http://www.sephardim.com/namelist.shtml?mode=form&from=A&to=C Sephardim.com] ]
*Barad is an Arabic toponymic name, from a place name meaning "cold" (for example, the Barada River in Syria). [ [http://www.earthsearch.net/featureIndex.php?type=int&start=457887&end=458000 Earthsearch.net] ]

Famous people

*Jashubhai Dhanabhai Barad, member of the 14th Lok Sabha (parliament) of India
*Jill Barad, former CEO of Mattel Inc.
*Mohamed ElBaradei, (Arabic: محمد البرادعي) "Al-Barad'i", Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency

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