Radu (given name)

Radu
Pronunciation	[ˈradu]
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Slavonic
Meaning	rad (the happy one)
Region of origin	Romania
Other names
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".

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

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