Aad

Aad is a Dutch short version of the given name Adrianus/Adriaan . It is also a less common Norwegian given name. People with this name include:

• Aad Bak (1926–2009), Dutch footballer
• Aad de Bruyn (1910–1991), Dutch throwing athlete
• Aad de Graaf (1939–1995), Dutch track cyclist
• Aad Knutsson Gjelle (1768–1840), Norwegian cartographer
• Aad van den Hoek (born 1951), Dutch cyclist
• Aad de Hoop (born 1927), Dutch physicist and mathematician
• Aad Jacobs (born 1936), Dutch businessman
• Aad de Jong (1921–2003), Dutch footballer
• Aad Kosto (born 1938), Dutch politician
• Aad Mansveld (1944–1991), Dutch footballer
• Aad van Mil (born 1957), Dutch water polo player
• Aad de Mos (born 1947), Dutch football coach
• Aad Nuis (1933–2007), Dutch political scientist
• Aad Oudt (born 1946), Dutch swimmer
• Aad Steylen (born 1935), Dutch long-distance runner
• Aad van Toor (born 1942), Dutch circus performer
• Aad van der Vaart (born 1959), Dutch mathematician
• Aad J. Vinje (1857–1929), Norwegian-born American justice
• Aad Wagenaar (born 1940), Dutch politician
• Aad van Wijngaarden (1916–1987), Dutch mathematician
• Aad Zaanen (1913–2000), Dutch mathematician

See also

• ‘Ad, also Aad, great-grandson of Shem, son of Noah
• ʿĀd, also Aad, ancient Arab tribe, mentioned in Quran