Ahad

Ahad (Persian: احد; Hebrew: אחד; Arabic: احد; Urdu: احد) is a Middle Eastern given forename primarily used by Muslims^[1] and Jews. It is also used as a family name (surname) (e.g. Oli Ahad).

Ahad is usually used in the Middle East, and it means "Unique".

Given name

• Ahad bint Abdullah Al Busaidi (born 1969), wife of Sultan Haitham bin Tariq of Oman
• Ahad Azam, Israeli-Druze footballer
• Ahad Cheema, Pakistani bureacrat
• Ahad Gudarziani (1969–2019), Iranian writer
• Ahad Ha'am, pen name of Asher Ginsberg (1856–1927), Hebrew writer
• Ahad Hosseini (born 1944), Iranian Azerbaijani artist
• Ahmad Hosseini Khorasani (born 1959), Iranian Ayatollah
• Ahad Kazemi, Iranian cyclist
• Ahad Khan, Pakistani cricketer
• Ahad Israfil (1972–2019), American shooting survivor
• Ahad Pazaj (born 1970), Iranian wrestler
• Ahad Raza Mir (born 1993), Pakistani actor
• Ahad Ali Sarker, Bangladeshi politician
• Ahad Sheykhlari, Iranian footballer and manager

Surname

• Abdul Ahad (music director) (1918–1996), Bangladeshi musical artist
• Ghaith Abdul-Ahad (born 1975), Iraqi journalist
• Oli Ahad (1928–2012), Bangladeshi politician
• Samia Ahad, Pakistani chef
• Nick Ahad (born 1976), English radio presenter, journalist and writer

Fictional character

• Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, a Levantine member of the Assassin Order, main character of the videogame series Assassin's Creed.

Religion

• Al-Aḥad, one of the Names of God in Islam^[1]