Imad
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| Pronunciation | Arabic: [ʕɪˈmaːd, ʕeˈmæːd] (among others) Persian: [ʔeˈmɒːd] |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Language | Arabic |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | 'Support', 'Pillar'[1] |
| Region of origin | Arabia |
| Other names | |
| Alternative spelling | Imaad, Emad, Emaad, Imed, Aimad |
Emad (also transliterated as Imad, Imed and Aimad Arabic: عماد) is an Arabic masculine given name and surname and means "support" or "pillar".
Given name
[edit | edit source]- Imād ad-Dīn Muhammad bin Qasim (695-715), Umayyad Caliphate general
- Imad Abbas (1975-2004), Palestinian military commander
- Imad Abullah Sarah (born 1968), Syrian politician
- Imad Baba (born 1974), American soccer player
- Imad Feghaly, Lebanese actor and voice actor
- Emad Hajjaj (born 1967), Jordanian political cartoonist
- Imad Hawari (born 1979), Lebanese journalist, actor
- Emad al-Janabi (born 1965), Iraqi blacksmith
- Imad Khalili (born 1987), Swedish footballer
- Imad Khamis (born 1961), Syrian politician
- Imad Kotbi (born 1978), Moroccan radio presenter
- Imad Mohammad Alatiqi (1956-2025), Kuwaiti oil scientist and politician
- Emad Mohammed (born 1982), Iraqi footballer
- Emad Mostaque (born 1983), founder of Stability AI
- Imad Rahman, Pakistani American fiction writer
- Imad Rami (born 1963), Syrian Nasheed singer
- Imad Wasim (born 1988), Pakistani international cricketer
Imed
[edit | edit source]- Imed Abdelnabbi (born 1957), Egyptian chess player
- Imed Louati (born 1993), Tunisian footballer
- Imed Memmich (born 1966), Tunisian scholar and politician
- Imed Meniaoui (born 1983), Tunisian footballer
- Imed Mhedhebi (born 1976), Tunisian footballer
- Imed Trabelsi (born 1974), Tunisian businessman and politician
- Imed Ben Younes (born 1974), Tunisian former football player and current coach
Surname
[edit | edit source]- Mitra Emad, American anthropologist
- Parvis Emad (1935-2023), American philosopher and Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at DePaul University
Family origin
[edit | edit source]The Imad family is named for al-Amadiyyah, near Mosul in northern Iraq and, like the Jumblatt family, is thought to be of Kurdish origin.[2]
Some unconfirmed sources allege that the roots of Family Imad ancestors are associated with those of Imad ad-Din Zengi (1087; † 1146), who was in turn the Atabeg of Mosul from 1127 to his death in 1146.
Imad as a family name also indicates descent from the originally Druze feudal family Al-Imad in the Chouf region of Mount Lebanon.
