Imad
An Arabic name meaning "pillar, support." In Poland it stays rare: about 70 men carry it and no boys were given it last year, so most Poles have never met one.
Imad Pronunciation
Imad is pronounced EE-maht (/ˈimat/).
What Imad means
Where Imad comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Imad comes from Arabic, where the word عماد means a pillar or a support, the upright post that holds a tent or a roof in place. From that plain object came a plain idea: something to lean on. The short meaning most sites give, pillar and support, sits close to the literal word, so there is little folklore to untangle here.
The name grew common in the phrase Imad ad-Din, "pillar of the faith," an honorific attached to men of standing. One who carried it was Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani, a scholar and secretary who served Saladin in the twelfth century and wrote a firsthand history of his campaigns. His chronicles are still read by historians today.
In Poland the name is rare. A child called Imad might be the only one on the class register, his name spelled out once for the teacher and then remembered. It has no Polish diminutive and no name-day in the calendar. What it keeps is the sense of the original word: a support, a pillar, filar.
How many people are named Imad
1 in 292414 men in Poland is named Imad. 73 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #4200 among male names.
Imad as a middle name
Imad is a first name for 73 men in Poland and a middle name for another 7, a 91/9 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 3898th, between Ilham (7) and Indra (7).
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#3898 Imad7
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#3899 Indra7
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