Fuad

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Fuad (Arabic: َفؤَاد fū’ād, fou’ād) (also spelled Fouad, Foud, Fuaad or Foad) is a masculine Arabic given name, meaning "heart"^[1][2][3]—the beating circulating heart, the concept of "mind and spirit".

Fouad

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

Its root word is the Arabic verb fa’ada (Arabic: َفَأَد), 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".^[1] Therefore, it may share similarities with another Arabic verb fada’ (َ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

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

Clergy

• Fouad Twal (born 1940), Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem

Education

• Fouad Ajami (1945-2014), Lebanese-born American university professor

Entertainment

• Fouad el-Mohandes (1924–2006), Egyptian stage and screen actor
• Fouad Awad (born 1956), Palestinian theatre director

Music

• Fuat Mansurov (1928–2010), Russian conductor
• Fuad al Muqtadir (born 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 (born 1952), king of Egypt and Sudan

Politics

• Fouad Chehab (1902–1973), Lebanese general and statesman, Lebanese president (1958–1964)
• 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 (1933–2025), Tunisian politician, President of Tunisia in 2011
• Fouad Najjar (1930–1992), Lebanese agronomist and politician
• Fuad Noman (1947–2025), Brazilian writer, economist, 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 (1936–2016), Israeli politician of Iraqi Jewish descent

Sports

• Fawad Alam (born 1985), Pakistani cricketer
• Fouad Bachirou (born 1990), French footballer
• Fuad Anwar (born 1972), Saudi Arabian footballer
• Fuad Aslanov (born 1976), Azerbaijani boxer
• Fuad Ibrahim, (born 1991) Ethiopian-born American soccer player
• Fuad Muzurović (born 1945), Bosnian football manager
• Fuad Reveiz (born 1963), Colombian-American football placekicker

Crime

• Fouad Lakhlili, 2023 Rotterdam shootings perpetrator

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 is mentioned five times in the Quran.^[2]

See also

• Port Fuad
• Fouad (disambiguation) Includes people with surname "Fouad"