Aswad (name)

Aswad is a male Arabic given name that means "black" (also used for people of black complexion).

People named Aswad include:
 * Aswad ibn Yazid (died 74/75 AH), narrator of hadith

People using it in their patronymic include:
 * Miqdad ibn Aswad (died 33 AH), companion of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad
 * Ziad Abderrazzak Mohammad Aswad (born 1952), former government minister in Iraq

Other uses
Other uses of the word include:
 * Al-Abd Al-Aswad, a form of torture noted in Syria
 * Hajarul Aswad, the Black Stone at the Kaaba in Mecca
 * Aswad, British reggae group
 * Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora (ASWAD)
 * أيلول الأسود (aylūl al-aswad), Black September.