Conrad (name)
Conrad is a masculine given name and a surname. Origin and meaning. It is derived from the Proto-Germanic name Konrad, from "conja" meaning "bold" and "rad" "counsel". It was the name of a 10th-century bishop of Constance, and became popular in post-medieval English and post-medieval French. It regained popularity in the English-speaking world in the 19th century. It is recorded as a surname as early as 1297. There are over one hundred forms and spelling variants of the surname, including: