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Chad

A male given name from Old English; also a modern nickname for Charles, Chadwick and similar-sounding names.

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Chad at a glance

Origin
English
Pronunciation (IPA)
/t͡ʃæd/, /t͡ʃad/

Etymology

From Middle English Chadde, from Old English Ċeadda, of obscure meaning; name of a seventh-century Anglo-Saxon saint, revived in the 20th century. The sense of “alpha male” originates from an apparent stereotype that men with such a name tend to bear that temperament, first attested in c. late 1990s in Chicago, Illinois (specifically "successful white man, yuppie"), but in common usage only as of the late 2010s via 4chan and California slang.

Meaning and etymology from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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What does the name Chad mean?

A male given name from Old English; also a modern nickname for Charles, Chadwick and similar-sounding names.

This work includes material taken from the System Reference Document 5.1 ("SRD 5.1") by Wizards of the Coast LLC and available at https://dnd.wizards.com/resources/systems-reference-document. The SRD 5.1 is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Mythology and video game character facts from Wikidata (CC0). Name roots from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).