Souad

Suad (Arabic: سعاد su‘ad) and the variants Souad,Souadou Soad, stems from the Arabic verb sa‘ada ( سَعَدَ - 'to be happy, fortunate or lucky') which the name means "good luck, good fortune, happiness, auspicious, prosperous, favorable". Suad is another variant from the Arabic given name Saad.

Generally, the name is originally a female given name, however, men also use it as a given name.

Suad is also the name of a tribe and the Arabic name of an ancient deity.

The name which may refer to:

Souad

 * Souad, the author of Burned Alive
 * Souad Abderrahim, Tunisian politician
 * Souad Abdullah (born 1950), Kuwaiti actress
 * Souad Aït Salem (born 1979), Algerian long-distance runner
 * Souad Amidou (born 1959), French actress
 * Souad Bendjaballah, Algerian lawyer, activist for women's rights and politician
 * Souad Cherouati (born 1989), Algerian swimmer
 * Souad Dibi, Moroccan feminist activist
 * Souad Dinar (born 1977), French weightlifter
 * Souad Faress (born 1948), Ghanaian, British stage, radio, television and film actress of Syrian descent
 * Souad Massi (born 1972), Algerian singer
 * Souad Mekhennet (born 1978), German journalist
 * Souad Nawfal, Syrian schoolteacher and activist
 * Souad Oulhaj (born 1974), Moroccan football referee
 * Souad Titou (born 1986), Algerian handball player
 * Souad (film), an Egyptian film

Soad

 * Soad Fezzani, Libyan swimmer
 * Soad Hosny (1943–2001), Egyptian actress and singer
 * Suad Nasr (1953–2007), Egyptian actress

Suad

 * Suad Amiry (born 1951), Palestinian author and architect
 * Suad al-Attar (born 1942), Iraqi painter
 * Suad Beširević (born 1963), Slovenian footballer and football manager of Bosnian origin
 * Suad Fileković (born 1978), Slovenian footballer
 * Suad Gruda (born 1991), Swedish and Montenegrin footballer
 * Suad Joseph (born 1943), American anthropologist of Lebanese origin
 * Suad Kalesić (born 1954), Bosnian footballer
 * Suad Nasr (1953–2007), Egyptian stage, television, and film actress
 * Suad Nokić (born 1993), Serbian-Bosniak footballer
 * Suad Sahiti (born 1995), Kosovo Albanian professional footballer
 * Suad Salih, Egyptian comparative fiqh professor at Al-Azhar University
 * Suad Šehović (born 1987), Montenegrin basketball player
 * Suad Al-Shammari, Saudi Arabian women's rights activist
 * Suad Švraka (1927–1995), Bosnian and Yugoslav footballer
 * Suad Zeljković (born 1960), Bosnian politician who served as the Prime Minister of the Sarajevo Canton, one of Bosnia and Herzegovina's ten cantons

Surname

 * Mohamed Abdou El-Souad (born 1968), Egyptian pentathlete