Irad
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Uncertain; possibly derived from the Hebrew for 'wild ass' (ayir) or 'city' (ir), potentially meaning 'fleet' or 'townsman'
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/iɾað/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Irad is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Israel than in any other country.
- ILIsrael≈1 in 57Kas עירד(inferred from the name graph)
- GTGuatemala≈1 in 362K
- CRCosta Rica1 in 728K
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 Irad 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.
- Israel (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 55 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 362K (inferred from the name graph)
≈150 named עירד, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Guatemala, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled עירד in IL Israel.
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)
Uncertain; possibly derived from the Hebrew for 'wild ass' (ayir) or 'city' (ir), potentially meaning 'fleet' or 'townsman'.
Sources 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Irad 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IL Israel | ≈150 est. | ≈1 in 57K | 202 | עירד | 29 |
| US United States | ≈130 est. | ≈1 in 2.5M | 5 | Irad | 47 |
| GT Guatemala | ≈47 est. | ≈1 in 362K | — | Irad | 4 |
| BR Brazil | 23 | 1 in 9.2M | 23 | Irad | 19 |
| PH Philippines | ≈20 est. | ≈1 in 5.5M | — | Irad | 4 |
| CR Costa Rica | 7 | 1 in 728K | 7 | Irad | 4 |
| SV El Salvador | ≈3 est. | ≈1 in 2.5M | — | Irad | 3 |
| GY Guyana | 1 | 1 in 750K | 1 | — | — |
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: CBS Israel — Names given to babies (1949–present); SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. 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).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Irad is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, A grandson of Cain.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, Biblical name
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In Azerbaijani, rebuke, reproach, (critical) remarks
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Irad Kelleyb. 1791USAmerican merchant (1791–1875)
- Irad Yavnehb. 1958ILIsraeli computer scientist
- Irad Ortiz Jr.b. 1992USjockey
- Irad Ben-GalILresearcher
- Irad EshelComposer and creative audio director
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 10 sources across 9 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 23 | — |
| CR Costa Rica | TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names | — | 7 | #11,281 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2023 | 5 | — |
| GY Guyana | Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025 | 2025 | 1 | #593 |
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Irad mean, and where does it come from?
- Uncertain; possibly derived from the Hebrew for 'wild ass' (ayir) or 'city' (ir), potentially meaning 'fleet' or 'townsman'. Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- How do you pronounce Irad?
- A machine transcription gives /iɾað/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- Is Irad a male or female name?
- Irad is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Irad have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 153 people named עירד in Israel, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Irad?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 23 people named Irad in 2022, about 1 in 9.2 million residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/iradThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Irad”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.