Fuad

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Fouad
PronunciationArabic: [fuːʔ.aːd]
GenderMasculine
Origin
Word/nameArabic
Meaning"heart"
Other names
Related namesFouad, Fuat, Fawad, Foaad, Fuaad

Fuad (Arabic: َفؤَاد fū’ād, fou’ād) (also spelled Fouad, Foud, Fuaad or Foad) is a masculine Arabic given name, meaning "heart"[1][2][3]—the beating circulating heart, the concept of "mind and spirit".

Its root word is the Arabic verb fa’ada (Arabic: َفَأَد), meaning "burning or a flame", and lahmun fa'eed, meaning a "roasted meat on a fire". It is used to describe a "heart that is inflamed with emotion".[1] Therefore, it may share similarities with another Arabic verb fada’ (َفَدَى) meaning "to sacrifice"—"to sacrifice, give, risk oneself for (something/cause)".

It was borne by two different kings of Egypt.

Originally an Arabic given name, it became widespread throughout the Middle East during the 9th and 12th centuries.

Notable people

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Clergy

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Education

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  • Fouad Ajami (1945-2014), Lebanese-born American university professor

Entertainment

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Music

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Nobility

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Politics

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  • Fouad Chehab (1902–1973), Lebanese general and statesman, Lebanese president (1958–1964)
  • Fuad Guliyev (born 1941), Azerbaijani politician
  • Fuad Hamza (1899–1951), Saudi Arabian government official
  • Fuad Hassan (1929–2007), Indonesian politician
  • Fuad Masum (born 1938), Iraqi president
  • Fouad Mebazaa (1933–2025), Tunisian politician, President of Tunisia in 2011
  • Fouad Najjar (1930–1992), Lebanese agronomist and politician
  • Fuad Noman (1947–2025), Brazilian writer, economist, and politician
  • Fuad Rouhani (1907–2004), Iranian politician
  • Fuad Saba (1902–1984), Palestinian businessman and politician
  • Fouad Siniora (born 1943), Lebanese politician
  • Fouad Siyadi (born 1955), Bahraini politician
  • Fuad Stephens (birth name Donald Stephens) (1920–1976), 1st Chief Minister of Sabah
  • Fuad Yakubovsky (1908–1975), Soviet Communist party functionary and statesman
  • Binyamin Fuad Ben Eliezer (1936–2016), Israeli politician of Iraqi Jewish descent

Sports

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Crime

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The name is mentioned five times in the Quran.[2]

See also

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References

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