Jawad (name)

Jawad (Arabic & Persian: جواد), Dževad; Жавад; Cavad, ⵊⴰⵡⴷ; Cevat; Xhevat) is an Arabic given name that means generous, liberal, magnanimous, merciful, and open-handed. The name is common in the Balkans, Caucasus, Middle East, Morocco and South Asia.

First name

 * Jaouad Achab (born 1992), Belgian taekwondo practitioner of Moroccan origin
 * Jawad Ahmad (born 1970), Pakistani singer and politician
 * Jaouad Akaddar (1984–2012), Moroccan footballer
 * Jawad Akeel (born 1978), Dutch-Qatari footballer
 * Jawad Ali (1907–1987), Iraqi historian
 * Javad Alizadeh (born 1953), Iranian cartoonist
 * Javad Allahverdi (born 1954), Iranian footballer
 * Jawad Anani (born 1943), Jordanian economist and politician
 * Jawad El Andaloussi, Moroccan footballer
 * Jawad Al Arrayed (born 1940), Bahraini politician
 * Jawad al-Assadi (born 1947), Iraqi theatre director and playwright
 * Jawad Bashir, Pakistani director, actor and singer
 * Jawad Blunt (born 1995), Pakistani freestyle football champion
 * Jawad Botmeh, Palestinian student convicted of the 1994 attack in the London Israeli embassy
 * Jawad al-Bulani (born 1960), Iraqi politician and minister
 * Jaouad Chiguer (born 1985), French amateur boxer
 * Cevat Cobanli (1870-1938), Turkish commander and politician
 * Jawad Rumi Daini (born 1948), Iraqi Army general
 * Javad Davari (born 1983), Iranian basketball player
 * Jawad Dawood (born 1982), Pakistani-Canadian cricketer
 * Javad Fakoori (1938–1981), Iranian Air Force officer
 * Javad Gharavi Aliari (born 1935), Iranian Grand Ayatollah
 * Jaouad Gharib (born 1972), Moroccan runner
 * Jawad Ghaziyar, Afghan singer
 * Cevat Güler (born 1959), Turkish footballer and coach
 * Cevat Abbas Gurer (1887–1943), Turkish officer and politician
 * Jawad El Hajri (born 1979), French footballer
 * Javad Hakimli (1914–2016), Soviet Azerbaijani Partisan during WWII
 * Jawad Hameed (born 1976), Pakistani cricketer
 * Javad Hamidi (born 1918), Iranian painter and poet
 * Javad Hashemi (born 1966), Iranian actor and director
 * Javad Heyat (1925-2014), Iranian Azerbaijani surgeon and Writer
 * Jawad Hussain (1939–2008), Indian cricketer
 * Cevat Şakir Kabaağaçlı (1886–1973), Turkish writer
 * Jawad Kadhim (born 1993), Iraqi footballer
 * Dževad Karahasan (born 1953), Bosnian writer and philosopher
 * Javad Kazemian (born 1981), Iranian footballer
 * Xhevat Kelmendi (born 1955), Kosovar singer
 * Javad Khan (died 1804), member of the royal Qajar family
 * Cevat Kula (1902–1977), Turkish equestrian
 * Javad Malik-Yeganov (1878–1942), Azerbaijani politician and Governor-General of Lankaran
 * Javad Maroufi (1912–1993), Iranian composer and pianist
 * Javad Mojabi (born 1939), Iranian poet and literary critic
 * Javad Nekounam (born 1980), Iranian footballer
 * Javad Nurbakhsh (1926–2008), Iranian Sufi leader and psychiatrist
 * Jawad Ouaddouch (born 1981), Moroccan footballer
 * Dževad Prekazi (born 1957), Yugoslav Kosovar footballer
 * Dževad Poturak (born 1977), Bosnian super heavyweight kickboxer
 * Javad Razavian, Iranian actor
 * Javad Razzaghi (born 1982), Iranian footballer
 * Jawad Jabbar Sadkhan Al-Sahlani, Iraqi man held at Guantanamo
 * Jawad Saleem (1919–1961), Iraqi painter and sculptor
 * Jawad Salehi (born 1956), Iranian electrical and computer engineer
 * Dževad Šećerbegović (born 1955), Yugoslav Bosnian footballer
 * Cevat Seyit (1906-1945), Turkish footballer
 * Javad Shamaqdari (born 1960), Iranian filmmaker and politician
 * Javad Khan Shiravanski (1809-1882), Major General of the Russian Imperial Army and Azerbaijani Noble
 * Javad Shirzad (born 1982), Iranian footballer
 * Javad Tabatabai (born 1945), Iranian political philosopher and historian
 * Jawad Tabrizi (1926–2006), Iranian Ayatollah
 * Dževad Turković (born 1972), Yugoslav and Croatian footballer
 * Jawad Williams (born 1983), American basketball player
 * Javad Yasari (born 1947), Persian singer
 * Cevat Yerli (born 1978), Turkish and German computer game developer
 * Jaouad Zairi (born 1982), Moroccan footballer
 * Javad Zarincheh (born 1966), Iranian football player and coach

Middle name

 * Mohammad-Javad Bahonar (1933–1981), Iranian theologian and politician
 * Mohammad Jawad Balaghi (1865–1933), Iraqi Shia Muslim religious authority
 * Migjen Xhevat Basha (born 1987), Kosovar Albanian footballer
 * Mohamad Jawad Chirri (1905–1994), Lebanese founder of the Islamic Center of America
 * Mufid Mohammad Jawad al-Jazairi (born 1939), Iraqi journalist and politician
 * Mohamad Jawad Khalifeh, Lebanese politician and minister of health
 * Mohammad-Javad Larijani (born 1951), Iranian politician, hard-line cleric and mathematician
 * Zayn Javadd Malik (born 1993), Pakistani-English singer and songwriter
 * Syed Jawad Naqvi (born 1952), Pakistani Twelver Shia Muslim cleric
 * Hossam Jawad Al-Sabah (born 1948), Lebanese actor
 * Ali Jawad al-Sheikh (1997–2011), Bahraini boy killed in the Bahraini Uprising
 * Ali Jawad Al Taher (c. 1911–1996), Iraqi literary scholar and critic
 * Ridha Jawad Taqi, Iraqi politician and Member of Parliament
 * Leman Cevat Tomsu (1913-1988), Turkish architect and academic
 * Mohammad Javad Tondguyan (1950–1991), Iranian engineer and politician
 * Abu Mohammad Jawad Walieddine (1916–2012), Lebanese regional Druze spiritual leader
 * Ali Jawad Zaidi (1916–2004), Indian Urdu poet and scholar
 * Mohammad Javad Zarif (born 1960), Iranian diplomat, academic, and foreign minister

Last name

 * Abdul Sattar Jawad (born 1943), Iraqi-American scholar of Arabic and English literature
 * Ahmad Javad (1892–1937), Azerbaijani poet
 * Ali Jawad (born 1989), British paralympic powerlifter
 * Daniane Jawad (born 1986), Moroccan footballer
 * Hussain Jawad (born 1987), Bahraini human rights activist
 * Kalbe Jawad, Indian Muslim cleric and scholar
 * Kashif Jawad (born 1981), Pakistani field hockey player
 * Mazen Abdul-Jawad (born 1977), Saudi Arabian man arrested for talking publicly about sex
 * Mohamed Abd Al-Jawad (born 1962), Saudi Arabian footballer
 * Mohammed Abdel-Jawad (born 1979), Palestinian footballer
 * Mohamed Jawad (born 1985), Pakistani youth accused and held for attempted murder at Guantanamo
 * Muhammad al-Jawad, (811–835), ninth of the Twelve Imams
 * Said Tayeb Jawad (born 1958), Afghan diplomat
 * Saleh Abd al-Jawad (born 1952), Palestinian historian
 * Shamim Jawad, Afghan activist
 * Shireen Jawad (born 1971), Bangladeshi-English singer
 * Sophia Jawad (born 1986), Iraqi actress and model