Masoud

Masoud

Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Arabic, Persian
Meaning	"fortunate", "prosperous", "happy" or "to make others happy"
Other names
Related names	Massoud, Masood, Mas'ud

Masoud (also spelled Massoud, Massoude, Massudeh, Masood, Mas'ud, Masud, Mashud, Messaoud, Mesut, Mesud or Mosād, in Arabic: مسعود اِقرا:مَس عَود‎, in Persian: مسعود خوانده شود:مسود, is a given name meaning "fortunate", "prosperous", or "lucky and happy". The origin of this name comes from both Persian as pronounced "Masöd" and Arabic as pronounced "Mass'Uöd". It is a quite popular male given name and also a common surname in the Arab world, Iran, Turkey, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan and also found to be used in Palestine, Russia, India, Bangladesh, Malaysia and China.

• Mas'ud I of Ghazni, sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire from 1030 to 1040
• Masud Sabri, Uyghur governor of Xinjiang
• Mas'ud Hai Rakkah, Chief rabbi of Tripoli
• Masoud Shojaei, Iranian footballer
• Masoud Barzani, President of the Iraqi Kurdistan region
• Messaoud Ould Boulkheir, Mauritanian politician
• Masud Ghnaim, an Israeli Arab politician
• Masud Jani, 13th century governor of Bengal
• Masoud Kazerouni, 14th-Century Persian physician
• Masud Khan, British psychoanalyst
• Masud Minhas, Indian field hockey player
• Mesut Özil, German footballer of Turkish descent
• Massoud Rajavi, Militant politician
• Masood Sharif Khan Khattak, Civilian intelligence officer
• Masoud (musician), Iranian music producer, artist, and DJ
• Moshood K. O. Abiola, late politician and philanthropist from Nigeria
• Masoud (lucky person)

Surname

• Ahmad Shah Massoud, Mujahedins leader/Defense minister
• Junichi Masuda, Pokémon games designer
• Ala ud din Masud, Ruler of the Mamluk dynasty (Delhi)
• Messaoud Bellemou, Algerian musician
• Faisal Masud, Medical doctor
• Rükneddin Mesud, King Mesud I
• Ghiyath Ad-din Masud, King Mesud II
• Khalid Masud, Pakistani scholar
• Moez Masoud, Moderate Egyptian Muslim cleric
• Mohamed Messaoud, Algerian footballer
• Mitty Masud, Pakistan Air Force personnel
• Naiyer Masud, Indian Urdu short-story writer and literary critic
• Muhammad Khalid Masud, Director of an Islamic Research Institute
• Shan Masood, Pakistani cricketer

Fictional characters

• Masud Rana, fictional character of popular Bengali spy thriller series of the same name
• Masood Ahmed, fictional character in EastEnders, and his family, including:
• Zainab Masood, fictional character
• Syed Masood, fictional character
• Amira Masood, fictional character
• Shabnam Masood, fictional character
• Tamwar Masood, fictional character
• Afia Masood, fictional character
• Kamil Masood, fictional character
• Yasmin Masood, fictional character