Wad
loc · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Wad is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Sudan than in any other country.
- SDSudan≈1 in 5.1K(inferred from the name graph)
- EGEgypt≈1 in 81K
- DKDenmark1 in 53K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Sudan (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 23 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 5.1K (inferred from the name graph)
≈9,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Sudan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Ŵăd in EG Egypt and Wãd in DZ Algeria.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Wad 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SD Sudan | ≈9,000 est. | ≈1 in 5.1K | — | Wad | 11 |
| EG Egypt | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 81K | — | Ŵăd | 20 |
| MA Morocco | ≈580 est. | ≈1 in 62K | — | Wad | 13 |
| PK Pakistan | ≈560 est. | ≈1 in 419K | 1 | — | 3 |
| DZ Algeria | ≈460 est. | ≈1 in 93K | — | Wãd | 5 |
| DK Denmark | 110 | 1 in 53K | 110 | — | — |
| LY Libya | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 66K | — | Wad | 3 |
| NO Norway | 74 | 1 in 74K | 74 | — | 3 |
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); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) — Form-33 List of Contesting Candidates, 2018 General Election. 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)
Wad is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In egy, Manuel de Codage transliteration of wꜣḏ.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
ISO 639-3 language code for Wandamen.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, An amorphous, compact mass.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Dutch, wadeable, tidal mud flat
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Italian, wad (manganese ore)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In pdt, a wager, a bet
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)
- Gregers Wadb. 1755DKDanish zoologist (1755-1832)
- Matthias Wadb. 1816DKDanish parish priest
- Christian Wadb. 1852DKDanish teacher (1852-1926)
- Gustav Ludvig Wadb. 1854DKDanish historian (1854–1929)
- Emmanuel Wadb. 1862DKDanish pianist
- Karl A. Wadb. 1872NONorwegian contributing editor
- Svend Wadb. 1928DKDanish boxer (1928–2004)
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 13 sources across 8 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PK Pakistan | Muslim given names (CC0) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Søndergaard, Georg, Danske efternavne (Lademann 1984/1991)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- In which country does Wad have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 9.0 thousand people named Wad in the Sudan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled wad.
- How common is the name Wad?
- In Denmark, the national register counted 110 people named Wad, about 1 in 53 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Wad?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/wadThe 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, “Wad”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.