To look at or to behold
A Somali name derived from the word 'il' meaning eye and 'wad' meaning to lead or look. It translates roughly to 'one who is pleasant to look at' or 'worthy of being beheld.'
Less common today
Ilwad isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #8,449 in 2019.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
Somali-Canadian social activist and Nobel Peace Prize nominee
