Imad
Appearance
Pronunciation | Arabic: [ʕɪˈmaːd, ʕeˈmæːd] (among others) Persian: [ʔeˈmɒːd] |
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Gender | Male |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Origin | |
Meaning | 'Support', 'Pillar'[1] |
Region of origin | Arabia |
Other names | |
Alternative spelling | Imaad, Emad, Emaad, Imed, Aimad |
Imad (also transliterated as Emad, Imed and Aimad Arabic: عماد) is an Arabic masculine given name and surname and means "support" or "pillar".
Given name
- Imād ad-Dīn Muhammad bin Qasim, Umayyad Caliphate general
- Imad Abbas, Palestinian military commander
- Imad Baba, American soccer player
- Emad Hajjaj, Jordanian political cartoonist
- Imad Hawari (born 1979), Lebanese journalist, actor
- Emad Al-Saidat, Jordanian Professor of Linguistics
- Emad al-Janabi, Iraqi blacksmith
- Imad Khalili, Swedish footballer
- Imad Khamis, Syrian politician
- Imad Kotbi, Moroccan radio presenter
- Emad Mohammed, Iraqi footballer
- Imad Rahman, Pakistani American fiction writer
- Imad Rami, Syrian Nasheed singer
- Imad Wasim, Pakistani international cricketer
- Imad Feghaly, Lebanese actor and voice actor
- Imad Abullah Sarah, Syrian politician
Imed
- Imed Abdelnabbi (born 1957), Egyptian chess player
- Imed Louati (born 1993), Tunisian footballer
- Imed Memmich (born 1966), Tunisian scholar and politician
- Imed Meniaoui (born 1983), Tunisian footballer
- Imed Mhedhebi (born 1976), Tunisian footballer
- Imed Ketata, Tunisian footballer
- Imed Trabelsi (born 1974), Tunisian businessman and politician
- Imed Ben Younes (born 1974), Tunisian former football player and current coach
Surname
- Mitra Emad, American anthropologist
- Parvis Emad, American philosopher and Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at DePaul University
Family origin
The Imad family is named for al-Amadiyyah, near Mosul in northern Iraq and, like the Jumblatt family, is thought to be of Kurdish origin.[2]
Some unconfirmed sources allege that the roots of Family Imad ancestors are associated with those of Imad ad-Din Zengi (1087; † 1146), who was in turn the Atabeg of Mosul from 1127 to his death in 1146.
Imad as a family name also indicates descent from the originally Druze feudal family Al-Imad in the Chouf region of Mount Lebanon.
References
- ^ "Imad - Islamic Name Meaning - Baby Names for Muslims".
- ^ Origins of the Druze People and Religion, by Philip K. Hitti, 1924