Maqsud (also spelled Maqsood) (مقصود) is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Maqsood Ahmed, Pakistani cricketer
Sayed Maqsood Hashemi, Afghan footballer
Maqsood-ul-Haq, Pakistani cricketer
Maqsood Hussain, Pakistani field hockey player
Maqsood Rana, Pakistani cricketer
Ala Abdel Maqsud Muhammad Salim, citizen of Egypt who was held in extrajudicial detention in Guantanamo Bay
Maqsud Shah, Uyghur Khan or Prince of the Kumul Khanate from 1908 to 1930
Maqsud-Ali Tabrizi, Iranian physician