As'ad ( / , ), informally transcribed as Asaad or Assaad, is an Arabic male given name derived from the
elative degree of the adjective , thus meaning "more/most fortunate, happier/happiest, luckier/luckiest".
[Wehr, Hans (1979), "اسعد", in J. Milton Cowan, editor, ''A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic'', page 479] It also exists as a surname.
People with the given name
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As'ad Abu Karib, king of
Himyar
Himyar was a polity in the southern highlands of Yemen, as well as the name of the region which it claimed. Until 110 BCE, it was integrated into the Qatabanian kingdom, afterwards being recognized as an independent kingdom. According to class ...
from 390–440
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As'ad ibn Zurara, companion of Muhammad
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As'ad Pasha al-Azm
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As'ad Syamsul Arifin
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As'ad Shukeiri
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As'ad Adib Bayudh
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As'ad AbuKhalil
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Asaad Kelada
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Assaad Bouab
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Assaad W. Razzouk
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Assaad Taha
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Assaad Seif
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Assaad Feddah
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Assaad Chaftari
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Assaad Andraos
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Assaad Hardan
People with the surname
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Ahmad El-Assaad
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Kamel Asaad
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Khaled al-Asaad, prominent Syrian archaeologist and historian killed by ISIS
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Man Asaad
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Nizar Assaad
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Lucas Assadi
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Arabic-language masculine given names
Masculine given names
Arabic-language surnames