Rada
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Slavic
Rada is a girls' name of Slavic origin, meaning “glad, thankful”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Rada mean?
Slavic
“glad, thankful”
A transliteration of the Bulgarian or Ukrainian female given name Ра́да (Ráda)
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Rada a girl's or a boy's name?
Rada is a girls' name.
How popular is Rada in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 4 girls.
Rada in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
Names like Rada
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ada, Etta, Rosa, Rosie, Clara, Lottie, Matilda, Elsie, Eva, Nina, Florence, Martha
Names related to Rada
More Slavic names
Mila, Milan, Vera, Mira, Nadia, Milana, Rayna, Zora, Milena, Raina, Damir, Lev, Siyana, Vlad, Lilyana, Yuri
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Rada: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rada, updated 20 October 2026.