Asad (Arabic: أسد), sometimes written as Assad, is an Arabic male given name literally meaning "lion". It is used in nicknames such as Asad Allāh, one of the by-names for Ali ibn Abi Talib.

People

Among prominent people named "Asad" or "Assad" are:

Given name

• Asadullah (disambiguation), multiple people
• Asad ibn Abd-al-Uzza, early Islamic historical figure
• Asad Ahmad, journalist for BBC News and newsreader for BBC London
• Asad Q. Ahmed, American scholar
• Asad Al Faqih (1910–1989), Lebanese lawyer and diplomat
• Asad ibn al-Furat (760–828) jurist and theologian
• Asad ibn Hashim, maternal grandfather of Ali ibn Abi Talib
• Asaduddin Owaisi, Indian politician
• Asad Raza (artist), Pakistani-American artist
• Asad Rustum, Lebanese historian, academic and writer
• Asad ibn Saman, early Samanid
• Assad Saftawi (1935–1993), Palestinian Fatah cofounder and leader
• Asad Shafiq, Pakistan test cricketer
• Asad Umar, Pakistani lawmaker and former politician
• Mohammed Asad Ullah Sayeed, former IAS officer from Hyderabad

Surname

• Audrey Assad, American singer-songwriter and Contemporary Christian music artist
• Clarice Assad, Sérgio's daughter, a classical and jazz composer, arranger, pianist, and vocalist
• Javier Assad (born 1997), Mexican baseball player
• María de Lourdes Dieck-Assad, Lebanese-Mexican economist
• Muhammad Asad, born Leopold Weiss, influential 20th-century writer and political theorist
• Sérgio Assad, Brazilian classical composer, guitarist
• Talal Asad, anthropologist, son of Muhammad Asad

Al-Assad family

The Al-Assad family is an Alawite family from the Latakia region (specifically Qardaha), which has held political power in Syria since 1970. The family has produced two presidents:

• Hafez al-Assad, President of Syria 1970–2000
• Bashar al-Assad, current President of Syria

Other family members include:

• Bassel al-Assad
• Rifaat al-Assad
• Jamil al-Assad
• Maher al-Assad
• Bushra al-Assad