Fuad Explained
Fouad |
Pronunciation: | pronounced as /ar/ |
Gender: | Masculine |
Meaning: | "heart" |
Origin: | Arabic |
Related Names: | Fouad, 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] - 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 - means a "roasted meat on a fire". It is used to describe a "heart that is inflamed with emotion".[3] Therefore, it may share similarities with another Arabic verb fada’ (Arabic: َ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
Art
Clergy
- Fouad Twal (born 1940), Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem
Education
- Fouad Ajami (1945-2014), Lebanese-born American university professor
Entertainment
Music
Nobility
Politics
- Fuad Chehab (1902-1973), former Lebanese president
- 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 (born 1933), Tunisian politician
- Fouad Najjar (1930–1992), Lebanese agronomist 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 (1926-2016), Israeli politician of Iraqi Jewish Decent
Sports
Places
Fictional characters
- Fouad, a fictional character from the FOX television series Family Guy.[4]
In popular culture
Statistics
The name is mentioned five times in the Quran.[5]
See also
- Port Fuad
- Fouad (disambiguation) Includes people with surname "Fouad"
Notes and References
- Web site: FOUAD. www.muslimmatters.org. 28 January 2014.
- Web site: ru:Тайна имени Фуад. http://www.astromeridian.ru/imya/. www.astromeridian.ru. 6 August 2014. Russian.
- Web site: » The Heart: Fu’aad, Qalb and Sadr. 2016-08-14.
- Web site: IGN'S TOP 25 FAMILY GUY CHARACTERS. uk.ign.com. 11 August 2014.
- Web site: Fuad. quranicnames.com. 6 August 2014.