Chad (name)

The name Chad is the modernized form of the Old English given name Ceadda. It is also a short form (hypocorism) of Charles, Chadd, Chadrick and Chadwick.

Until the 20th century, Chad was very rarely used as a given 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 suddenly peaked beginning in the mid 1960s, reaching rank 25 in 1972 and 1973. From the mid 1970s, its popularity began a gradual decline, reaching rank 236 in 2000 and rank 667 as of 2013.

Given name

Surname

• Charles Chad (born 1982), Brazilian footballer
• Dominic Chad (born 1972), English rock guitarist
• George William Chad (1781 or 1784-1849), English diplomat
• Norman Chad (born 1958), American sportswriter and syndicated columnist

Fictional characters

• Chad (Saturday Night Live), played by Pete Davidson
• Chad Danforth, from the High School Musical franchise
• Chad Dylan Cooper, from Sonny with a Chance
• The title character of Chad Vader: Day Shift Manager, an Internet Star Wars fan series
• The Blue Lightspeed Ranger "Chad Lee" from the Power Rangers franchise
• Chad C. Mulligan, from Stand on Zanzibar
• Chad Newsome, from The Ambassadors
• Chad Feldheimer, from Burn After Reading
• Chad Hanna, title character of Chad Hanna
• Yasutora Sado, nicknamed Chad, from the anime and manga series Bleach
• The Elvis Presley-inspired lead character in the musical All Shook Up is named Chad

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Chad
• All pages with titles containing Chad
• Chad (disambiguation)
• Chadwick (given name)
• Chads (surname)
• Chal (name)
• Char (name)
• Chad (slang)

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