Given name & surname
Asad
“a fortunate man”
Asad is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “a fortunate man.”
Original Arabicأَسَد
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “a fortunate man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Asad through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,991
- 1,991 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 88 babies
- 2025
- 81
- #1,919 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +27%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 81 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,919 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 27.0% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (11). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,131 as a first name in 2020; 2,040 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Asad’s family of names
In English usage, Asad has a related form in Asaad. Asad has a related form in Asaad. Asad has a related form in Assad.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Asad has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Arabic roots to each of them.
Arabicwhere Asad comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Asad
- Asad QaiserPakistani politician (born 1969)
- Asad RaufPakistani cricketer1956–2022
- Asad ShafiqPakistani cricketerborn 1986
- Asad RustumLebanese historian1897–1965
- Asadbek RakhimjonovUzbekistani association football playerborn 2004
- Assad Valacricketerborn 1987
- Asad AbidiPakistani electrical engineer and scientistborn 1956
- Asad ibn Kurz al-BajaliCompanion of Muhammad
- Asad GulzodaTajik writer and linguist1935–2023
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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