Conrad
A Germanic name meaning "brave counsel". In Poland it stays rare: only about 350 men carry it, all of them male, and lately almost no boys are given it.
Conrad Pronunciation
Conrad is pronounced TSON-raht (/ˈt͡sɔnrat/).
What Conrad means
Where Conrad comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Conrad grows out of the Germanic Konrad, built from kuoni, meaning bold or brave, and rad, counsel. Together they read as brave counsel, the sense the name still carries. It crossed into English long ago, and the spelling Conrad became the settled form there.
The English tie has a famous face. Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, born in 1857 in the Polish borderlands, wrote his novels in English under the pen name Joseph Conrad. He lifted his third given name and made it the byword readers know. A Polish boy gave English letters one of its Conrads.
The name is old. Its imieniny falls in late November, a day when a Konrad might sign the register at the urząd. Whatever the spelling, the meaning holds: brave counsel.
How many people are named Conrad
1 in 60643 men in Poland is named Conrad. 352 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1600 among male names.
Conrad's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been falling steadily since 2000.
Conrad as a middle name
Conrad is a first name for 352 men in Poland and a middle name for another 165, a 68/32 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 543rd, between Maxymilian (166) and Giuseppe (165).
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#541 Gilbert167
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#542 Maxymilian166
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#543 Conrad165
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#544 Giuseppe165
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#545 Zachary165