Konrad

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Konrad

Say it: KON-raht

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Meaning

From Germanic kuoni 'bold, brave' and rad 'counsel'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

A Salian and Hohenstaufen royal name that remains in use.

Its wave through time

Popular now

In the United States

3,701 babies given this name since 1913
At its height in 2010, about 1 in 20,400 boys
73 babies in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

German Austrian Swiss Polish

The family of the name

Other spellings: Conrad

English	Conrad
Italian	Corrado
Polish	Konrad
Dutch	Koenraad
French	Conrad

Famous bearers

Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor
Konrad Adenauer, first chancellor of West Germany
Joseph Conrad, novelist

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Where this comes from

Royal and noble genealogies
National birth statistics of European countries source
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.

Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.