Given name & surname
Javed
“perpetual, eternal, eternity”·“one who is immortal”
Javed is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “perpetual, eternal, eternity” (Persian) and “one who is immortal” (Persian). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “perpetual, eternal, eternity” (Persian) and “one who is immortal” (Persian). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Persian.
How it developed
From Urdu جاوید (jāved), from Classical Persian جاوید (jāwēd).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Javed through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 291
- 291 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 15 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,422 as a first name in 2020; 2,931 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.
Javed’s family of names
Javed has a related form in Javid. Javed has a related form in Javaid. Javed has a related form in Javyd.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Javed
- Javed AkhtarIndian writer, poet and lyricistborn 1945
- Jaaved JaaferiIndian actor, voice actor and dancerborn 1963
- Javed Omarcricketerborn 1976
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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