Fuad

Fuad (Arabic: فؤَاد fū’ād, fou’ād) (also spelled Fouad, Foud, Fuaad or Foad) 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 (Arabic: َفَأَد) meaning "burning or a flame" and lahmun fa'eed - means 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’ (Arabic: َ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 (1943-), Azerbaijani sculptor

Clergy

• Fouad Twal, 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, 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

• Fuad Chehab (1902-1973), former Lebanese president
• Fuad Guliyev (1941-), Azerbaijani politician
• Fuad Hamza (1899–1951), Saudi Arabian government official
• Fuad Hassan (1929-2007), Indonesian politician
• Fuad Masum (1938-), Iraqi president
• Fouad Mebazaa (1933-), Tunisian politician
• Fouad Najjar (1930–1992), Lebanese agronomist and politician
• Fuad Rouhani (1907–2004), Iranian politician
• Fuad Saba (1902–1984), Palestinian businessman and politician
• Fouad Siniora (1943-), Lebanese 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 Ben Eliezer, Binyamin Fuad Ben Eliezer (1926-2016) Israeli politician of Iraqi Jewish Decent

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.

In popular culture

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

Statistics

The name is mentioned five times in the Quran.

See also

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

References