Masoud
given name · Persian · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Masoud is a given name, most frequently recorded in Iran. In Oman it is the 37th most common given name. It appears chiefly in Persian and English, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Masoud (m.fl. former) är ett arabiskt namn med betydelsen ’lycklig; lyckosam’.
- TZTanzania1 in 6.3K◐
- IRIran1 in 15K
- DEGermany1 in 61K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈3.0K ●
- 2 ●
- Sources
- 198 ●
- 1 in 15K ◐
across 8 countries
recorded for this name
69K records
Official registry-verified
Sweden
Spellings & scripts●
Locally spelled Масуд in RU Russia, UA Ukraine, AZ Azerbaijan.
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●
Masoud (m.fl. former) är ett arabiskt namn med betydelsen ’lycklig; lyckosam’. En turkisk form är Mesut. Se även namnet → Saad, som innehåller samma rot.
Sources 1
- Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IR Iran | — | 14,144 | 10K rec. | — | — | Masoud | 80 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 2,498 | 1.9K rec. | — | listed | Masoud | 66 |
| TR Türkiye | — | 2,396 | 2.9K rec. | — | — | Masoud | 29 |
| TZ Tanzania | #405 | 2,092 | 3.9K rec. | — | 7 | Masoud | 33 |
| DE Germany | — | 1,986 | 2.1K rec. | — | 1 | Masoud | 102 |
| US United States | — | 1,723 | 28K rec. | 1 in 193K | 2.1K | Masoud | 198 |
| RU Russia | — | 1,395 | 1.6K rec. | — | #2,305 | Масуд | 84 |
| AU Australia | — | 1,292 | 1.4K rec. | — | 1 | Masoud | 74 |
| CA Canada | — | 1,267 | 1.2K rec. | — | 1 | Masoud | 85 |
| EG Egypt | — | 889 | 2.6K rec. | — | listed | Masoud | 87 |
| OM Oman | #37 | 847 | 978 rec. | — | — | Masoud | 44 |
| LY Libya | #95 | 835 | 1.1K rec. | — | — | Masoud | 31 |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- Persian17K25%
- English17K25%
- Arabic11K17%
- German2.7K4%
- Swahili2K3%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Persian | 16,595 | 25% |
| English | 16,531 | 25% |
| Arabic | 11,404 | 17% |
| German | 2,651 | 4% |
| Swahili | 2,021 | 3% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Masoud is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Arabic, Fortunate; lucky.
as a nameAfrican Muslim Names
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●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 271 |
| 2000 | 281 |
| 2001 | 289 |
| 2002 | 292 |
| 2003 | 292 |
| 2004 | 299 |
| 2005 | 303 |
| 2006 | 319 |
| 2007 | 326 |
| 2008 | 333 |
| 2009 | 342 |
| 2010 | 372 |
| 2011 | 388 |
| 2012 | 406 |
| 2013 | 414 |
| 2014 | 424 |
| 2015 | 436 |
| 2016 | 462 |
| 2017 | 493 |
| 2018 | 505 |
| 2019 | 527 |
| 2020 | 538 |
SE SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) — 22 years between 1999–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Taftazanib. 1322IRnot in their usual namePersian theologian, literary and philosopher (1322-1390)
- Masoud Barzanib. 1946IQ1st president of Iraqi Kurdistan (2005-17)
- Masoud Pezeshkianb. 1954IR9th President of Iran (2024-) and former Co-Interim Supreme Leader of Iran (in 2026)
- Masoud Zaribafanb. 1957IRIranian politician
- Massoud Ali-Mohammadib. 1959IRnot in their usual nameIranian physicist (1959-2010)
- Masud Ghnaimb. 1965ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli-Arab Member of the Knesset, for United Arab List
- Masoud Khameneib. 1974IRIranian cleric
- Masud Gharahkhanib. 1982IRnot in their usual nameNorwegian politician
- Masoud Shojaeib. 1984IRIranian footballer
- Masoud Azizib. 1985AFAfghan athletics competitor
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●
Attested in 49 sources across 27 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1.7K | #8,403 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.2K | #21,812 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 839 | #28,437 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 690 | #2,200 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 538 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2019 | 527 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 517 | #39,946 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2018 | 505 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2017 | 493 | — |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 492 | #2,547 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2016 | 462 | — |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 248 | #3,471 |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 101 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Masoud?
- We estimate roughly 3.0 thousand people bear Masoud (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.
- In which country does Masoud have the most bearers?
- Masoud is most frequently recorded in Iran, where it is most often spelled masoud.
- How common is Masoud compared with other names?
- In Oman, Masoud is the 37th most common given name of 5,236 given names recorded there.
- Is Masoud a male or female name?
- Masoud 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 Masoud mean?
- Recorded meaning: Masoud (m.fl. former) är ett arabiskt namn med betydelsen ’lycklig; lyckosam’.
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Masoud” — the 37th most common given name in Oman. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.