Haddad
/ħaˈddaːd/noun
An Arabic occupational surname meaning “blacksmith,” also used as a personal name.
Did you know?Haddad comes from the Arabic word for blacksmith, a trade historically associated with fire, transformation, and the mastery of seemingly magical materials.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Semitic
Proto-Semitic
*ḥadīd-
“Iron; the reconstructed ancestor of the Arabic word for iron”
Classical Arabic
Arabic
ḥadīd
“Iron”
Classical Arabic
Arabic
ḥaddād
“Blacksmith, literally an iron-worker”
Medieval Arabic
Arabic
al-Ḥaddād
“The blacksmith; an occupational byname or family name”
Modern English
English
Haddad
“An Arabic surname and personal name derived from the occupational term”