Fuad
Fuad is a masculine Arabic given name, meaning "heart"—the beating circulating heart, the concept of "mind and spirit".
Its root word is the Arabic verb fa’ada, 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". Therefore, it may share similarities with another Arabic verb fada’ meaning "to sacrifice"—"to sacrifice, give, risk oneself for ".
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
- Fuad Abdurahmanov, Azerbaijani sculptor
- Fuad Salayev, Azerbaijani sculptor
Clergy
Education
- Fouad Ajami, Lebanese-born American university professor
Entertainment
- Fouad el-Mohandes, Egyptian stage and screen actor
- Fouad Awad, Palestinian theatre director
Music
- Fuat Mansurov, Russian conductor
- Fuad al Muqtadir, Bangladeshi composer and singer
Nobility
- Fuad I of Egypt, known as Fuad I, king of Egypt and Sudan
- Fuad II of Egypt, king of Egypt and Sudan
Politics
- Fouad Chehab, Lebanese general and statesman, Lebanese president
- Fuad Guliyev, Azerbaijani politician
- Fuad Hamza, Saudi Arabian government official
- Fuad Hassan, Indonesian politician
- Fuad Masum, Iraqi president
- Fouad Mebazaa, Tunisian politician, President of Tunisia in 2011
- Fouad Najjar, Lebanese agronomist and politician
- Fuad Noman, Brazilian writer, economist, and politician
- Fuad Rouhani, Iranian politician
- Fuad Saba, Palestinian businessman and politician
- Fouad Siniora, Lebanese politician
- Fouad Siyadi, Bahraini politician
- Fuad Stephens, 1st Chief Minister of Sabah
- Fuad Yakubovsky, Soviet Communist party functionary and statesman
- Binyamin Fuad Ben Eliezer, Israeli politician of Iraqi Jewish descent
Sports
- Fawad Alam, Pakistani cricketer
- Fouad Bachirou, French footballer
- Fuad Anwar, Saudi Arabian footballer
- Fuad Aslanov, Azerbaijani boxer
- Fuad Ibrahim, Ethiopian-born American soccer player
- Fuad Muzurović, Bosnian football manager
- Fuad Reveiz, Colombian-American football placekicker
Crime
- Fouad Lakhlili, 2023 Rotterdam shootings perpetrator
Places
- Port Fuad, Egypt
Fictional characters
In popular culture
- L.G. FUAD, song by American rock band Motion City Soundtrack