Dād
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Dād is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nigeria than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): WR Yorks; also Westm. locative name from either of two places called Dacre, one in Cumb, the other in WR Yorks.
- AFAfghanistan≈1 in 11K(inferred from the name graph)
- DKDenmark1 in 457as Nanna
- ISIceland1 in 1.3Kas Nanna
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Dād itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Nigeria (inferred from the name graph)
- 4 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 89 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 11K (inferred from the name graph)
≈55,000 named Dada, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Afghanistan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Nanne in SE Sweden, FI Finland, Dada in NG Nigeria, BD Bangladesh, Dadi in TZ Tanzania and Dad in AF Afghanistan.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Main GB Location (1881): WR Yorks; also Westm. locative name from either of two places called Dacre, one in Cumb, the other in WR Yorks. Further information: William de Dakyr or Dakre was sheriff of Cumberland in 1278.
Sources 2
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- 국립국어원 외래어 표기 용례 자료 (NIKL loanword/foreign-name transcription examples)
Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Dād 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NG Nigeria | ≈55,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.9K | listed | Dada | 38 |
| DK Denmark | 12,831as Nanna | 1 in 457 | 13K | — | 1 |
| TZ Tanzania | ≈3,600 est. | ≈1 in 16K | 8 | Dadi | 11 |
| AF Afghanistan | ≈3,300 est. | ≈1 in 11K | — | Dad | 20 |
| BD Bangladesh | ≈3,100 est. | ≈1 in 53K | — | Dada | 14 |
| SE Sweden | 2,553as Nanna | 1 in 4K | 2.6K | Nanne | 5 |
| FI Finland | 1,125as Nanna | 1 in 5K | 1.4K | Nanne | 7 |
| IS Iceland | 274as Nanna | 1 in 1.3K | 296 | — | — |
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: Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); INEC Special Gazette 2021 — 2020 parliamentary election results; Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry); Hagstofa Íslands — Given-name frequency by population (2005). 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).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Dād mean, and where does it come from?
- Main GB Location (1881): WR Yorks; also Westm. locative name from either of two places called Dacre, one in Cumb, the other in WR Yorks. Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and 국립국어원 외래어 표기 용례 자료 (NIKL loanword/foreign-name transcription examples).
- Is Dād a male or female name?
- Dād 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 Dād have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 55 thousand people named Dada in Nigeria, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Dād?
- In Denmark, the national register counted 12,831 people named Nanna, about 1 in 457 residents.
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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, “Dād”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.