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Pronunciation
  
Arabic: [fuːʔ.aːd]

Word/name
  
Arabic

Gender
  
Masculine

Meaning
  
"heart"

Related names
  
Fouad, Fuat, Fawad, Foaad

Fouad (Arabic: فؤاد) (also spelled Foud, Arabic: فؤاد‎‎) is a masculine Arabic given name "Fouad" meaning "heart".

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Its root word is the verb fa'ada 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.

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: Fuad
  • Bengali: ফুয়াদ (Fuwad, Fuad)
  • Persian: فؤاد (Fu'ad, Foad, Fouad)
  • Somali: Fucaad
  • 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, Binyamin Fuad Ben Eliezer, 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.
  • L.G. FUAD, song by American rock band Motion City Soundtrack

    • Statistics

    The name is mentioned five times in the Quran.

    References

    Fuad Wikipedia
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