Thad as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Thad

What is the meaning of the name Thad ?

The baby name Thad is a boy name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced THAD.

Thad is Aramaic, English, Greek in Origin.

Thad is an English clipped form of Thaddeus, made by dropping the final syllables. Its source is Greek Thaddaios or Thaddaeus, the New Testament form of an Aramaic name usually reconstructed as Taddai. That Aramaic base is commonly linked with a Semitic word for breast or heart, so the literal sense is best given as heart rather than the separate Greek name Theodore, which supplies gift of God.

Christian use rests chiefly on Thaddaeus, named among the Twelve Apostles in Matthew and Mark and often identified in Western tradition with Jude the apostle. Medieval and early modern vernacular forms include Italian Taddeo, Spanish Tadeo, Polish Tadeusz, and English Thaddeus; Thad developed as a short form in English-speaking contexts. In the United States, records show modest use peaking in the 1960s, then declining sharply.