Asad (Arabic: أسد), sometimes written as Assad, is an Arabic male given name literally meaning "lion". It is used in nicknames such as Asad Allāh, one of the by-names for Ali ibn Abi Talib.
Notable people named "Asad" or "Assad" include:
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Given name
Asadullah (disambiguation), multiple people
Asad ibn Abd-al-Uzza, early Islamic historical figure
Asad Abdul Rahman (born 1944), Palestinian political scientist, academic and politician
Asad Ahmad, journalist for BBC News and newsreader for BBC London
Asad Q. Ahmed, American scholar
Asad Al Faqih (1910–1989), Lebanese lawyer and diplomat
Asad ibn al-Furat (760–828) jurist and theologian
Asad ibn Hashim, maternal grandfather of Ali ibn Abi Talib
Asaduddin Owaisi, Indian politician
Asad Raza (artist), Pakistani-American artist
Asad Rustum, Lebanese historian, academic and writer
Asad ibn Saman, early Samanid
Assad Saftawi (1935–1993), Palestinian Fatah cofounder and leader
Asad Shafiq, Pakistan test cricketer
Asad Umar, Pakistani lawmaker and former politician
Mohammed Asad Ullah Sayeed, former IAS officer from Hyderabad
Surname
Audrey Assad, American singer-songwriter and Contemporary Christian music artist
Clarice Assad, Sérgio's daughter, a classical and jazz composer, arranger, pianist, and vocalist
Javier Assad (born 1997), Mexican baseball player
Julio Asad (born 1953), Argentine footballer
María de Lourdes Dieck-Assad, Lebanese-Mexican economist
Muhammad Asad, born Leopold Weiss, influential 20th-century writer and political theorist
Omar Asad (born 1971), Argentine footballer
Sérgio Assad, Brazilian classical composer, guitarist
Talal Asad, anthropologist, son of Muhammad Asad
Yamil Asad (born 1994), Argentine footballer
Al-Assad family
The Al-Assad family is an Alawite family from the Latakia region (specifically Qardaha), which held political power in Syria between 1970 and 2024. The family has produced two presidents:
Hafez al-Assad, former President of Syria 1970–2000
Bashar al-Assad, former President of Syria July 2000 to December 2024
Other family members include:
Bassel al-Assad
Rifaat al-Assad
Jamil al-Assad
Maher al-Assad
Bushra al-Assad