Barad can refer to a number of people, places, and things. It occurs as a family name with multiple ethnic sources and meanings (, ). It was ranked # 88,149 in popularity in the 1990 US census.US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring First Names and Surnames from the 1990 Census . Variants of the surname include: Barada, Barade, Baradi, Baradt, Barat, Bard, Brar, Beirad, Barrett, Albarado, and Al-Barad'i. Barad is a Jewish Ashkenazic name derived from the Hebrew patronymic phrase Ben Rabi David "son of Rabbi David".ZHanks, Patrick, Dictionary of American Family Names, New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. Barad is a Jewish Sephardic name of unknown origin. Barada is an Arabic toponymic name, from a place name meaning cold (for example, the Barada River in Syria).Earthsearch.net
People A partial list of people named Barad or a variant thereof: Jashubhai Dhanabhai Barad, member of the 14th Lok Sabha (parliament) of India. Jill Barad, former CEO of Mattel Inc. Karen Barad, feminist philosopher and theoretical physicist. References