Fuad

Fuad (Arabic: فؤَاد fū’ād, fou’ād) (also spelled Fouad, Foud, Fuaad or Foad) is a masculine Arabic given name, meaning "heart"  - the beating circulating heart, the concept of "mind and spirit".

Its root word is the Arabic verb fa’ada (Arabic: َ فَأَد ) meaning "burning or a flame" and lahmun fa'eed - means a "roasted meat on a fire". It is used to describe a "heart that is inflamed with emotion". Therefore, it may share similarities with another Arabic verb fada’ (Arabic: َ فَدَى ) meaning "to sacrifice" - "to sacrifice, give, risk oneself for (something/ cause)".

It was borne by two different Kings of Egypt.

Originally an Arabic given name, it became widespread throughout the Middle East during the 9th and 12th centuries.

Art

 * Fuad Abdurahmanov (1915–1971), Azerbaijani sculptor
 * Fuad Salayev (1943-), Azerbaijani sculptor

Clergy

 * Fouad Twal, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem

Education

 * Fouad Ajami, Lebanese-born American university professor

Entertainment

 * Fouad el-Mohandes (1924–2006), Egyptian stage and screen actor
 * Fouad Awad, Palestinian theatre director

Music

 * Fuat Mansurov (1928–2010), Russian conductor
 * Fuad al Muqtadir (1980- ), Bangladeshi composer and singer

Nobility

 * Fuad I of Egypt (1868–1936), known as Fuad I, king of Egypt and Sudan
 * Fuad II of Egypt (1952–), king of Egypt and Sudan

Politics

 * Fuad Chehab (1902-1973), former Lebanese president
 * Fuad Guliyev (1941-), Azerbaijani politician
 * Fuad Hamza (1899–1951), Saudi Arabian government official
 * Fuad Hassan (1929-2007), Indonesian politician
 * Fuad Masum (1938-), Iraqi president
 * Fouad Mebazaa (1933-), Tunisian politician
 * Fouad Najjar (1930–1992), Lebanese agronomist and politician
 * Fuad Rouhani (1907–2004), Iranian politician
 * Fuad Saba (1902–1984), Palestinian businessman and politician
 * Fouad Siniora (1943-), Lebanese politician
 * Fuad Stephens (birth name Donald Stephens) (1920-1976), 1st Chief Minister of Sabah
 * Fuad Yakubovsky (1908–1975), Soviet Communist party functionary and statesman
 * Binyamin Ben Eliezer, Binyamin Fuad Ben Eliezer (1926-2016) Israeli politician of Iraqi Jewish Decent

Sports

 * Fawad Alam (1985-), Pakistani cricketer
 * Fouad Bachirou (1990-), French footballer
 * Fuad Anwar (1972-), Saudi Arabian footballer
 * Fuad Aslanov (1976-), Azerbaijani boxer
 * Fuad Ibrahim, (1991-) Ethiopian-born American soccer player
 * Fuad Muzurović, Bosnian football manager
 * Fuad Reveiz (1963-), Colombian-American football placekicker

Places

 * Port Fuad, Egypt

Fictional characters

 * Fouad, a fictional character from the FOX television series Family Guy.

In popular culture

 * L.G. FUAD, song by American rock band Motion City Soundtrack

Statistics
The name is mentioned five times in the Quran.