Chad (first name)
Chad is a male given name that is mostly used in the United States .
The origin and meaning of the name are not exactly known. Possibly it is a variation of the English name Ceadda , which is said to go back to the Welsh word cad for fight or battle. But it could also have developed as an independent name from the abbreviation of the first name Chadwick .
Name bearer
A bearer of the old English name Ceadda is Saint Chad (* around 623, † 672), who was second bishop of York from 664 to 669.
- Chad Allan (musician) (born 1943), Canadian rock musician
- Chad Allan (ice hockey player) (born 1976), Canadian ice hockey player
- Chad Allen (born 1974), American actor
- Chad Bassen (* 1983), German-Canadian ice hockey player
- Chad Beyer (* 1986), American racing cyclist
- Chad Brock (born 1963), American country singer
- Chad Brown (Baptist) (c. 1600 – c. 1650), English Baptist and co-founder of Providence, Rhode Island
- Chad Brown (poker player) (1961-2014), American poker player
- Chad Lefkowitz-Brown (* 1989), American jazz musician
- Chad Butler , known as Pimp C (1973-2007), American rapper and hip-hop producer
- Chad Campbell (* 1974), American golfer
- Chad Channing (* 1967), American drummer
- Chad Dawson (* 1982), American boxer
- Chad Deering (born 1970), American football player
- Chad Donella (born 1978), Canadian actor
- Chad Everett (1937–2012), American actor
- Chad Faust (* 1980), Canadian actor
- Chad Fleischer (* 1972), American ski racer
- Chad Gould (* 1982), English-Filipino football player
- Chad Gray (born 1971), American singer
- Chad Hartley (* 1981), American cyclist
- Chad Hedrick (* 1977), American inline speed skater and speed skater
- Chad Hennings (born 1965), American football player
- Chad Hugo ( Charles Hugo , * 1974), American music producer
- Chad Hunt (* 1975), pseudonym of an American porn actor
- Chad Hurley (born 1977), American businessman
- Chad I Ginsburg (* 1972), American rock musician
- Chad Johnson , known as Chad Ochocinco (* 1978), American football player
- Chad Kroeger ( Chad Robert Turton , * 1974), Canadian singer and guitarist
- Chad LaRose (* 1982), American ice hockey player
- Chad Marshall (* 1984), American football player
- Chad Michael Murray (* 1981), American actor
- Chad Muska (* 1977), American skateboarder
- Chad Oliver ( Symmes Chadwick Oliver ; 1928-1993), American writer
- Chad Pennington ( James Chadwick Pennington ; born 1976) American football player
- Chad Prewitt (* 1980), American basketball player
- Chad Silver (1969–1998), Swiss-Canadian ice hockey player
- Chad Smith (actor) , American actor
- Chad Smith ( Chadwick Gaylord Smith ; born 1961), American drummer
- Chad Stahelski (1968), American director and stuntman
- Chad Todhunter (born 1976), American actor
- Chad Trujillo ( Chadwick A. Trujillo ; * 1973), American astronomer
- Chad Urmston , American band leader
- Chad Varah (1911-2007), British clergyman
- Chad Wackerman (born 1960), American drummer
- Chad Wiseman (* 1981), Canadian ice hockey player
- Chad Zielinski (* 1964), American clergyman, Bishop of Fairbanks
See also
- Chad & Jeremy , British folk rock guitar and vocal duo, Chad Stuart (* 1941) and Jeremy Clyde (* 1941)
- Chad Vader - day shift supervisor , American short film series