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Radu (given name)

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Pronunciation
  
[ˈradu]

Word/name
  
Slavonic

Region of origin
  
Romania

Gender
  
Male

Meaning
  
rad (the happy one)

Related names
  
Rada (female first name), Radoslav

Radu is a relatively common Romanian given name for males. Radu is a name of Slavonic origin, meaning "the happy one".

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People named Radu

  • Radu Albot (b. 1989), Moldovan tennis player
  • Radu Beligan (1918–2016), academician, actor, educator, professor and theatre director
  • Radu Florescu, historian and academic of Romanian origin, Emeritus Professor of History at Boston College
  • Radu Grigorovici (1911–2008), physicist
  • Radu Gyr (pen name of Radu Demetrescu, 1905–1975), poet, essayist, playwright and journalist
  • Prince Radu of Hohenzollern-Veringen (b. 1960 as Radu Duda), member of the Romanian Royal Family
  • Radu Irimescu (1890–1975), businessman, politician, and diplomat
  • Radu Lupu (b. 1945), pianist
  • Radu Manicatide (1912–2004), engineer and aircraft constructor
  • Radu Mareș (1941–2016), writer and journalist
  • Radu Ștefan Mazăre (b. 1968), politician
  • Radu Mihăileanu (b. 1958), actor, film maker
  • Radu Sîrbu (b. 1978), pop singer, formerly of the boy band O-Zone
  • Radu Tudoran (1910–1992), novelist and translator
  • Radu Vasile (1942–2013), politician, historian and poet, former prime minister of Romania

    • Romanian rulers

  • Radu Negru, (Radu the Black)(~ the 13th century). Also known as Radu Negru Voievod or Radu Vodă (Voivod Radu).
  • Radu I of Wallachia, a ruler of the principality of Wallachia, (circa 1377 - circa 1383).
  • Radu II Chelul, (Radu the Bald) a ruler of the principality of Wallachia in the 15th Century, ruling for 4 terms, each time preceded by Dan II
  • Radu cel Frumos, (Radu the Handsome) (c. 1437/1439 - 1475), was the younger brother of Vlad Ţepeş of Drăculeşti (Dracula).
  • Radu cel Mare (Radu the Great) - son of Vlad Călugărul, September 1495 - April 1508
  • Radu de la Afumaţi (Radu of Afumaţi) - son of Radu cel Mare, January - April, June - August, October 1522 - April 1523, January - June 1524, September 1524 - April 1525, August 1525 - January 1529
  • Radu Bădică - son of Radu cel Mare, November 1523 - January 1524
  • Radu Paisie - son of Radu cel Mare, September - November 1534; June 1535 - March 1545
  • Radu Ilie, November 1552 - May 1553
  • Radu Mihnea - son of Mihnea Turcitul, September 1601 - March 1602, March - May 1611, September 1611 - August 1616, August 1620 - August 1623
  • Radu Şerban, August 1602 - December 1610, June - September 1611
  • Radu Iliaş - son of Alexandru Iliaş, July 1632 - September 1632
  • Radu Leon, December 1664 - March 1669
  • Rizal Roflee Taiping Mari

    • References

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