Obrad (Serbian Cyrillic: Обрад) is a Serbian masculine given name. It is rooted in the Serbian verb obradovati (to make happy), rendered as “to make happy” in many sources. The name thus embodies concepts of joy and delight, analogous to names such as Felicity or Letitia in the Western tradition.Etymology and Slavic ContextObrad belongs to a category of Slavic names built on a verbal base plus the suffix -ad, reflecting a typical South Slavic naming pattern also seen in Radovan (from radovati se, “to rejoice”) and Verolapostrophylsince conjunction already present, no extra..Notable BearersThe scope of bearers ranges from medieval nobles to 20th‑century professionals. Examples from the extract include:Obrad Belošević (1928–1986), a Serbian basketball referee of mid‑century prominenceObrad Gluščević (1913–1980), a Yugoslav film director remembered for documentariesObrad Piljak (1933–2013), a Bosnian Serb politician and economist, briefly Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1991Obrad Stanojević (1934–2011), a legal historian and professor at the University of BelgradeObrad Zelić (born 1946), a Serbian dental medicine professorObrad veliki tepčija, a medieval Serbian court official, and Obrad Dragoslalić, a nobleman active in the administration of Stefan Dušan