Chad

Meaning

Name

1. A male given name from Old English; also a modern nickname for Charles, Chadwick and similar-sounding names.
2. (British) The British version of the "Kilroy was here" graffiti.

Noun

A very handsome, usually tall man whom women find sexually attractive; at times seen as an alpha male of a group.

Synonyms

Republic of Chad

Tchad

Chadic

Chadic language

Lake Chad

the Republic of Chad

𐐕𐐰𐐼

Translations

Tchad

🇹🇩

Ciad

🇹🇩

Chad

🇹🇩

Chade

🇹🇩

Tschad

🇹🇩

تشاد

🇹🇩

Tsjaad

🇹🇩

Τσαντ

Txad

🇹🇩

Çad

🇹🇩

Tzadia

Chad

Çad

Mongo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/t͡ʃæd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: Chadde

Inherited from Old English: Ċeadda

In summary

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 slang.