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 [ 1 syll. brad, br-ad ] The boy name Brad is pronounced BRAED KEY. Brad's origin is Old English and Celtic, and its use, English. A variant form of Brad is the English Bradd. Brad is a variant form of the English Bradburn. Brad is also a short form of the English Bradley. Brad is also an English variant form of the English and Irish Brady. Brad is also a short form of the English Bradford. Brad is also a variant form of the English Bradshaw. Brad is uncommon as a baby name for boys. At the modest height of its usage in 1975, 0.161% of baby boys were named Brad. Its ranking then was #98. The baby name has since substantially dropped in popularity, and is of only sporadic use now. In 2008, within the group of boy names directly related to Brad, the English and Irish Brady was the most regularly used. Baby names that sound like Brad include the English Bradd, the English and Scottish Baird, the English and Scottish Bard, the Albanian Bardh, the English Baret, the Dutch and English Bart, the English Barth, the Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian Bert, the name Brede, the English Bret, the English Brett, the English Brit, the English Britt, the English Burt, the Albanian Bardhi, the Scandinavian Bardo, the English Barrat, the English Barratt, the English Barret, and the English Barrett. Details of famous persons named Brad: KEY: Pronunciation for Brad: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)"   |
