Masud

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Masood in US United States, PK Pakistan, GB United Kingdom and 14 more and Mas'Ud in ID Indonesia.

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 8 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◐

Masud is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name440K records spelled Masud15 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Bangladesh, United States, India, Nigeria

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Mas'Ud, Mas-Ud, Ma-Sud, Mas’ud, Mas'Ûd

• a separate given name12K records spelled Masud10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Ethiopia, Pakistan

  Also written Mas-Ud, Mas'Ud, Mäs'Ud, Masūd, Mas'Ūd

• Swahili given name6.2K records spelled Masud4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Nigeria, United States, Kenya

  Also written Mas'Ud, Mas-Ud

• Spanish given name4.8K records spelled Masud9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Spain, Argentina

  Languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese

  Also written Mas-Ud, Mas'Ud

• Thai given name3.3K records spelled Masud3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Thailand, India, United States, Malaysia

  Also written Mas'Ud

49 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●

Masud is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, Arabic name meaning 'fortunate, lucky'.

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• In Swahili, Swahili/Muslim: "fortunate, happy".

  as a name·African Names

• In German, männl. Vom. arabischen Ursprungs (arab. mas'üd »glücklich« zu arab. sa'ïda »glücklich sein«).

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• Fortunate.

  as a name·The African book of names

• Afortunado, feliz

  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●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 82 years between 1919–2015. 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)
• Masud Sabrib. 1886CNChinese general (1886–1952)
• Masoud Barzanib. 1946IQnot in their usual name1st president of Iraqi Kurdistan (2005-17)
• Masoud Pezeshkianb. 1954IRnot in their usual name9th President of Iran (2024-) and former Co-Interim Supreme Leader of Iran (in 2026)
• Massoud Ali-Mohammadib. 1959IRnot in their usual nameIranian physicist (1959-2010)
• Masud Ghnaimb. 1965ILIsraeli-Arab Member of the Knesset, for United Arab List
• Masoud Khameneib. 1974IRnot in their usual nameIranian cleric
• Masud Gharahkhanib. 1982IRNorwegian politician
• Masoud Shojaeib. 1984IRnot in their usual nameIranian footballer
• Masoud Azizib. 1985AFnot in their usual nameAfghan 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●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 278 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Masud?

We estimate roughly 2.7 thousand people bear Masud (counting its spellings and scripts) across 6 countries in our records.

In which country does Masud have the most bearers?

Masud is most frequently recorded in Bangladesh, where it is most often spelled masud.

How common is Masud compared with other names?

In Bangladesh, Masud is the 99th most common given name of 28,624 given names recorded there.

Is Masud a male or female name?

Masud 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 Masud mean?

Recorded meaning: ‘fortunate, lucky’; also Massudy and Masudi.