{{redirect|Assad|the former presidents of Syria|Hafez al-Assad|and|Bashar al-Assad|their family|Al-Assad family}} {{Other uses|Asad (disambiguation)|Al-Assad (disambiguation)|As'ad}} {{More citations needed|date=February 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox name | image = | image_size = | caption = | pronunciation = {{IPA|ar|ʔasad|lang}} | gender = Male | meaning = Lion | region = Middle East | origin = | alternative spelling = Assad, Asaad | nickname = | related names = {{ubl|Asad al-Din | Asad al-Zaman}} | name day = | derived = | popularity = | footnotes = }}
'''Asad''' ({{langx|ar|أسد}}), sometimes written as '''Assad''', is an Arabic male given name literally meaning "lion".<ref>David Larsen, [https://www.academia.edu/32748592/Names_of_the_Lion_by_Ibn_Kh%C4%81lawayh Names of the Lion by Ibn Khālawayh]</ref> It is used in nicknames such as ''Asad Allāh'', one of the by-names for Ali ibn Abi Talib.
Notable people named "Asad" or "Assad" include:
== Given name == * Asadullah (disambiguation), multiple people * Asad ibn Abd-al-Uzza, early Islamic historical figure * Asad Abdul Rahman (born 1944), Palestinian political scientist, academic and politician * 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 == <!--All members of the Al-Assad family are below--> * 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 * Julio Asad (born 1953), Argentine footballer * María de Lourdes Dieck-Assad, Lebanese-Mexican economist * Muhammad Asad, born Leopold Weiss, influential 20th-century writer and political theorist * Omar Asad (born 1971), Argentine footballer * Sérgio Assad, Brazilian classical composer, guitarist * Talal Asad, anthropologist, son of Muhammad Asad * Yamil Asad (born 1994), Argentine footballer {{lion-surname}}
== Al-Assad family == {{Main|Al-Assad family}} The '''Al-Assad family''' is an Alawite family from the Latakia region (specifically Qardaha), which held political power in Syria between 1970 and 2024. The family has produced two presidents: * Hafez al-Assad, former President of Syria 1970–2000<ref>{{cite news |last1=Schneider |first1=Howard |last2=Cody |first2=Edward |title=Syria's Assad Dead at 69 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2000/06/11/syrias-assad-dead-at-69/cf1aaa7a-e663-4374-a3ea-05060f187560/ |access-date=16 February 2024 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=10 January 2024}}</ref> * Bashar al-Assad, former President of Syria July 2000 to December 2024 <ref>{{cite news |last1=O'Connor |first1=Tom |title=Syria's Assad Wins Fourth Election, Second Since War and Ninth for Family |url=https://www.newsweek.com/syrias-bashar-al-assad-easily-wins-fourth-election-second-since-war-ninth-family-1595659 |access-date=16 February 2024 |work=Newsweek |date=27 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
Other family members include: * Bassel al-Assad * Rifaat al-Assad * Jamil al-Assad * Maher al-Assad * Bushra al-Assad
== See also == * Asad (disambiguation) * Asadi (disambiguation) * Aslan (disambiguation) * Al Asad Airbase * Haydar * Lions in Islam * Qaswarah * Shir, a Persian term for 'Lion'
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