Fuad

Fuad
Pronunciation	Arabic: [fuːʔ.aːd]
Gender	Masculine
Origin
Word/name	Arabic
Meaning	"heart"
Other names
Related names	Fouad, Fuat, Fawad, Foaad

Fuad (Arabic: فؤاد) (also spelled Foud, Arabic: فؤاد‎) is a masculine Arabic given name "Foud" meaning "heart".^[1][2][3] It is 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.

In other languages

• Arabic: فؤاد (Fu'ad, Fouad, Fawad)
• Azerbaijani: Foud
• Persian: فؤاد (Fu'ad, Foad, Fouad)
• Turkish: Fuat
• Urdu: Fawad

People named Fuad

Art

• Fuad Abdurahmanov (1915–1971), Azerbaijani sculptor
• Fuad Salayev (1943-), Azerbaijani sculptor

Business

• Fuad El-Hibri (1958-), American businessman

Clergy

• Fouad Twal, current Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem

Education

• Fouad Ajami, Lebanese-born American university professor

Entertainment

• Fouad el-Mohandes (1924–2006), Egyptian stage and screen actor
• Fouad Awad, Israeli-Palestinian theatre director

Music

• Fuat Mansurov (1928–2010), Russian conductor
• Fuad al Muqtadir (1980- ), Bangladeshi composer and singer

Nobility

• Fuad I of Egypt (1868–1936), known as Fuad I, king of Egypt and Sudan
• Fuad II of Egypt (1952–), king of Egypt and Sudan

Politics

• Binyamin Ben Eliezer (birth name Fuad), Israeli politician
• Fouad Mebazaa (1933-), Tunisian politician
• Fouad Siniora (1943-), Lebanese politician
• Fuad Chehab (1902-1973), former Lebanese president
• Fuad Guliyev (1941-), Azerbaijani politician
• Fuad Hassan (1929-2007), Indonesian politician
• Fuad Masum (1938-), Iraqi president
• Fuad Rouhani (1907–2004), Iranian politician
• Fuad Stephens (birth name Donald Stephens) (1920-1976), 1st Chief Minister of Sabah

Sports

• Fawad Alam (1985-), Pakistani cricketer
• Fouad Bachirou (1990-), French footballer
• Fuad Anwar (1972-), Saudi Arabian footballer
• Fuad Aslanov (1976-), Azerbaijani boxer
• Fuad Ibrahim, (1991-) Ethiopian-born American soccer player
• Fuad Muzurović, Bosnian football manager
• Fuad Reveiz (1963-), Colombian-American football placekicker

Places

• Port Fuad, Egypt

Fictional characters

• Fouad, a fictional character from the FOX television series Family Guy.^[4]

In popular culture

• L.G. FUAD, song by American rock band Motion City Soundtrack

Statistics

The name mentioned five times in Quran.^[2]

See also

• Gabriel (surname)
• Port Fuad

References

1. "FUAD". www.behindthename.com. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
2. "Fuad". quranicnames.com. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
3. Тайна имени Фуад. www.astromeridian.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 6 August 2014.
4. "IGN'S TOP 25 FAMILY GUY CHARACTERS". uk.ign.com. Retrieved 11 August 2014.