Name: Tad

Gender: Male

Usage: Tad, of scottish-gaelic origin, is a popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.

People having the name Tad are in general originating from United Kingdom, United States of America.

Variants: For another variant of the name Tad across the world, see Tadhg.

Name Meaning of Tad

Meaning: The meaning of the name Tad is: Poet, Father.

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N.B. Sometimes it happens that another name has the same meaning. There is nothing surprising in this: both names have the same origin or the same numbers of numerology.

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Numerology Interpretation

Numerology of the first name Tad: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.

The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 7. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: spiritual, intelligent, analytical, reserved, knowledgeable, mysterious, intuitive.

Interpretation:
Qualities: Philosophical, Spiritual
Ruling planet: Neptune
Colors: Green
Gemstones: Moonstone

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Popularity of the Name

The name Tad is ranked on the 3,668th position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used.

We estimate that there are at least 91600 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.002% of the population. The name Tad has three characters. It means that it is relatively short-length, compared to the other names in our database.

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History and Origin

Tad is a male given name or shortened version of Thaddeus, Thomas or other names. It may refer to:

People:

  • Tad Boyle (born 1963), University of Colorado men's basketball head coach and former player
  • Tad Crawford (born 1984), Canadian Football League player
  • Thomas A. Tad Devine (born 1955), American political consultant
  • Edward T. Foote II (born 1937), fourth president of the University of Miami
  • Tad Gormley (1884–1965), Louisiana State University men's basketball head coach and trainer
  • Tad Hilgenbrink (born 1981), American actor
  • Tad Jones (politician) (born 1972), American politician
  • Tad Kornegay (born 1982), collegiate football and Canadian Football League player
  • Thomas Tad Lincoln (1853–1871), youngest son of Abraham and Mary Lincoln
  • Tad J. Oelstrom (born 1943), retired US Air Force lieutenant general
  • Tad Mosel (1922–2008), American Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and dramatist
  • Tad Richards (born 1940), American writer and visual artist
  • Tad Robinson, (born 1956), American soul blues singer
  • Tad Schmaltz (born 1960), professor of philosophy at the University of Michigan
  • Tad Stones (born c. 1952), American animator, screenwriter, producer and director best known for his work for The Walt Disney Company
  • Elton Wieman (1896–1971), American collegiate football player, coach and athletic director

Fictional characters:

  • Tad Hamilton, in the movie Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
  • Thaddeus Tad Martin, on the American soap opera All My Children
  • Wayne Terrence Tad Reeves, on the Australian soap opera Neighbours
  • Tad, a one-time character on the animated TV series South Park, in the 2002 episode "Asspen"

English and Irish: normally an Anglicized form of Tadhg, but sometimes a short form of Thaddeus. It is fairly commonly used as an independent given name, in particular in America.

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