Jawad

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Javad in IR Iran, IN India, SE Sweden and 2 more, Джавад in RU Russia, AZ Azerbaijan, UA Ukraine and Ჯავად in GE Georgia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Jawad is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name8.9K records spelled Jawad25 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, United States, Brazil, Argentina

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Jàwàd, Jäwäd, Jãwãd, Jầŵầd, Ĵawặd

• a separate given name3.1K records spelled Jawad4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Iraq, Morocco

  Also written Jawād, Jawâd, Jawad̄

• Danish given name1.9K records spelled Jawad9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Denmark, Norway, United States, Sweden

  Languages: Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Swedish

  Also written Jâwăd, Jäwåd, Jăwad, Jäwäd

• Persian given name643 records spelled Jawad5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Iraq, Türkiye, Afghanistan, Morocco

  Also written Jäwäd, Jawād, Jawâd

• Polish given name427 records spelled Jawad12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, United States, United Kingdom, Iraq

  Also written Jäwáď, Jāwād, Jãwãd, Jăwąď, Jąwąď

• Bulgarian given name203 records spelled Jawad9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Iraq, Türkiye, Morocco

  Languages: Bulgarian, Croatian, Serbian

  Also written Jãwäd, Jàwàd, Jăwâd

• Uzbek given name175 records spelled Jawad3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Iraq, Türkiye, Afghanistan

  Also written Jäwäd, Jawād

40 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Jawad is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Swedish, Jawad är ett arabiskt namn med betydelsen ’generös’.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In latn, generous, liberal, open-handed

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

• In Arabic, generous

  as a name·African Muslim Names

• Generoso

  as a name·25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 50 years between 1972–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Jawad Alib. 1907IQIraqi historian and academic (1907–1987)
• Jawad Saleemb. 1920IQIraqi sculptor (1920-1961)
• Javad Mansourib. 1945IRnot in their usual nameKommandeur der Revolutionsgarde (1979-1981)
• Jawad al-Bulanib. 1960IQIraqi politician
• Jawad Awadb. 1962PSPalestinian ambassador
• Jawad Ahmadb. 1970PKPakistani musician
• Jawad Issineb. 1991MAMoroccan association football player
• Jawad El Yamiqb. 1992MAassociation football player
• Javad Daraeib. 1992not in their usual nameIranian filmmaker (born 1992)
• Zayn Malikb. 1993GBnot in their usual nameEnglish singer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 299 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Jawad?

We estimate roughly 9.1 thousand people bear Jawad (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.

In which country does Jawad have the most bearers?

Jawad is most frequently recorded in Pakistan, where it is most often spelled jawad.

How common is Jawad compared with other names?

In Pakistan, Jawad is the 278th most common given name of 75,254 given names recorded there.

Is Jawad a male or female name?

Jawad is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Jawad mean?

Recorded meaning: generous, liberal, open-handed.