Masoud
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Persian, Arabic |
| Meaning | "fortunate", "prosperous", "happy" |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Masuod, Massood, Massoud, Masood, Mas'ud, Masud, Messaoud, Mesud, Mesut |
Masoud (also spelled Masuod, Massood, Massoud, Masood, Mas'ud, Masud, Messaoud, Mesud or Mesut, Mas‘ūd, Template:Lang-fa, Template:Lang-ar, is a given name and surname in many countries, meaning "fortunate", "prosperous", or "happy". It is a very popular given name in Iran, Turkey, Kurdistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, and is also commonly used as a popular given name and even surname in the Arab world, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Given name
- Masoud Barzani, President of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region
- Messaoud Ould Boulkheir, Mauritanian politician
- Masud Ghnaim, Israeli Arab politician
- Mas'ud Hai Rakkah (1690–1768), chief rabbi of Tripoli
- Masoud Kazerouni, a 14th-century Persian physician
- Masud Khan, British psychoanalyst
- Masud Minhas, Indian field hockey player
- Massoud Rajavi, Iranian Politician
- Masud Sabri, Uyghur Governor of Xinjiang
- Masood Sharif Khan Khattak, a civilian intelligence officer and the first and former director general of the Intelligence Bureau (I.B.) of Pakistan
- Masoud Shojaei, Iranian footballer
- Masoud (musician) (born 1985), Iranian music producer, artist and DJ
Surname
- Baitullah Mehsud, former Taliban leader
- Ahmad Shah Massoud, Afghan mujahedin leader, defense minister in post-Communist government, and Northern Alliance leader
- Ala ud din Masud, ruler of the Mamluk dynasty (Delhi)
- Messaoud Bellemou, Algerian musician
- Faisal Masud, medical doctor
- Khalid Masud, Pakistani Muslim scholar
- Moez Masoud, moderate Egyptian Muslim cleric
- Mohamed Messaoud, Algerian footballer
- Mitty Masud, Pakistan Air Force personnel
- Naiyer Masud, Urdu short-story writer and literary critic
- Muhammad Khalid Masud, formerly chairman (2004-2010) of the Council of Islamic Ideology in Pakistan
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
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