Imad al-Din explained

Imad al-Din or Imad ad-Din (Arabic: عماد الدين|ʿImād al-Dīn), also Imad ud-din, is a male Muslim given name meaning "pillar of the religion, faith", composed from the nouns ‘imad, meaning pillar, and al-Din, of the faith.^{[1] [2]}

This theophoric name is formed from the Arabic male given name Imad.

Other written variants are Imadaddin, Imaduddin, Emadeddin, etc.

Notable bearers of the name include:

• Al-Kiya al-Harrasi (1058-1110), Islamic scholar
• Imad al-Din Zengi (c. 1085–1146), emir of Mosul and Aleppo
• Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani (1125–1201), Persian poet and historian
• Imadaddin Nasimi (1369–1417), Azerbaijani Ḥurūfī poet
• Idris Imad al-Din (1392–1468), head of the Tayyibi Isma'ili community and historian
• Imad al-Din Mahmud ibn Mas‘ud Shirazi (mid 16th century), Persian physician
• Muhammad Imaduddin I (1580–1648), sultan of the Maldives
• Muhammad Imaaduddeen IV (died 1882), sultan of the Maldives
• Muhammad Imaaduddeen V (died 1893), sultan of the Maldives
• Imad ud-din Lahiz (died 1900), Islamic writer who converted to Christianity
• Muhammad Imaaduddeen VI (1868–1932), sultan of the Maldives
• Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad (born 1948), American Muslim scholar
• Emad El-Din Mohamed Abdel Moneim Fayed, known as Dodi Fayed (1955–1997), Egyptian film producer
• Emadeddin Baghi, Iranian journalist and political activist
• Ja'far us Sadiq Imaduddin, Indian Scholar
• Imaduddin (ICMI), Indonesian religious and political activist
• Imad Eddin Barakat Yarkas, also known as Abu Dahdah, Syrian-born Spaniard sentenced to prison in Spain for his part in the September 11, 2001 attacks

References

1. Book: A Dictionary of Muslim Names. Salahuddin Ahmed. Hurst & Company. London. 1999.
2. Book: A Dictionary of Muslim Names. S. A. Rahman. Goodword Books. New Delhi. 2001.