Conrad

Con·rad
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US/ˈkɑnɹæd/UK/ˈkɒnɹæd/

proper noun

A male given name from the Germanic languages.

OriginGerman Konrad ← Proto-West Germanic *Kōnirād →
CommonScrabble 9
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.

    There was no further need for words, because the lexicon of Romance jargon has just been fully deployed. In it chaps are called names like Conrad, and girls names like Delora, quite unlike the names of those who are reading it on the way to work.

    1985, Philip Howard, The State of the Language, OUP, →ISBN, page 58
    1 more example

    Career diplomat Conrad Tribble said on Twitter that multiculturalism “is one of our greatest strengths as a country, and I go to that well often as an American diplomat. It’s hard to overstate the global soft power impact of America’s cultural diversity.”

    2021 January 19, Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood and Nicole Gaouette, “Pompeo attacks multiculturalism, saying it is ‘not who America is’”, in CNN
  2. A surname.
  3. An unincorporated community in Calhoun County, Illinois, United States.
  4. An unincorporated community in Newton County, Indiana, United States.
  5. A small city in Grundy County, Iowa, United States.
  6. A city, the county seat of Pondera County, Montana, United States.

Origin

  1. Proto-West Germanic*Kōnirād
  2. GermanKonrad
  3. EnglishConrad

A variant of German Konrad, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *Kōnirād, from *kōnī (“bold, brave”) + *rād (“counsel”). Cognate of Old English Cēnrēd, Dutch Koenraad and Icelandic Konráð.

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Translations

Bengali কনরাড
  • কনরাড (konoraḍ)given name
Bulgarian Ко́нрад
  • Ко́нрад (Kónrad)given name
Chinese Mandarin 康拉德
  • 康拉德 (Kānglādé)given name
Czech Konrád
  • Konrádgiven name
Dutch Koenraad
  • Koenraadgiven name
Finnish Konrad, Konni
  • Konradgiven name
  • Konnigiven name
  • Kuunogiven name
French Conrad
  • Conradgiven name
German Konrad
  • Konradgiven name
Greek Κονράδος, Κορράδος
  • Κονράδος (Konrádos)given name
  • Κορράδος (Korrádos)given name
Hungarian Konrád
  • Konrádgiven name
Italian Corrado
  • Corradogiven name
Latin Conradus
  • Conradusgiven name
Persian کنراد
  • کنراد (konrâd)given name
Polish Konrad
  • Konradgiven name
Portuguese Conrado
  • Conradogiven name
Russian Ко́нрад
  • Ко́нрад (Kónrad)given name
Spanish Conrado
  • Conradogiven name
Swedish Konrad
  • Konradgiven name

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

candordacronConardcardonCondraancrod
Cite this entry
APA

Conrad. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Conrad

MLA

“Conrad.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Conrad. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Conrad,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Conrad.

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