Masoud

Masoud
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Arabic, Persian
Meaning	"fortunate", "prosperous", "happy" or "to make others happy"
Region of origin	Arabia, Persia
Other names
Related names	Masud, Massoud, Massoude, Massudeh, Masood, Masʽud, Mashud, Messaoud, Mesut, Mesud, Mosād, Massood

Masoud (Arabic: مسعود يُقرأ:مَس عُود, lit. 'fortune, happy, prosperous, lucky'; Persian: مسعود خوانده شود:مسود) is a given name and surname, with origins in Persian and Arabic. The name is found in the Arab world, Iran, Turkey, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Russia, Bangladesh, Malaysia, and China. Masoud has spelling variations possibly due to transliteration, including Masud, Massoud, Massoude, Massudeh, Masood, Masʽud, Mashud, Messaoud, Mesut, Mesud, Massood, or Mosād.

Notable people and characters with the name include:

Given name

Masoud

Masoud (musician), Iranian music producer, artist, and DJ
Masoud Kazerouni, 14th-century Persian physician
Masoud Barzani, President of the Iraqi Kurdistan region from 2005 to 2017
Masoud Juma, Kenyan footballer
Masoud Shojaei, Iranian footballer
Masoud Bastani, Iranian journalist

Mas'ud

Masʽud I of Ghazni, sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire from 1030 to 1040
Masʽud Hai Rakkaḥ, Chief rabbi of Tripoli

Masood

Masood Abbas, Pakistani politician
Masood Ahmad, Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh
Masood Ahmad Azizi, Afghan politician and diplomat
Masood Ahmed (economist), Pakistan-born British economist
Masood Ahmed Barkati (1933–2017), Pakistani writer and editor
Masood Ahmed Janjua, Pakistani businessman who disappeared in 2005
Masood Ahmed Khan (1918–?), Pakistani Olympic field hockey player
Masood Akhtar (born 1946), Pakistani-American cricketer who played for the United States national team
Masood Akhtar (actor) (1940–1922), Pakistani actor
Masood Akhtar (politician), Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh
Masood Ali Khan (born 1947), Indian scholar, historian and a writer on Islamic history, culture, and religion
Masood Ali Khan (politician), Pakistani politician from Balochistan
Masood Anwar (born 1967), Pakistani Test cricketer
Masood Ashar (1931–2021), Pakistani Urdu short story writer, novelist, journalist, columnist and translator
Masood Ashraf Raja, Pakistani-born American writer
Masood Aslam (born 1952), Pakistan Army general
Masood Azhar (born 1968), Pakistani radical Islamist and terrorist
Masood Dakik (born 1967), Afghan-German entrepreneur and lobbyist
Masood Fakhri (1932–2016), Pakistani international footballer
Masood Helali, Bangladeshi politician
Masood Iqbal (1952–2003), Pakistani cricketer
Masood Jan, Pakistani blind cricketer
Masood Kamandy (born 1981), American artist
Masood Kausar, Pakistani politician, 28th Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Masood Khadarpoosh (1916–1985), Pakistani bureaucrat, activist, agricultural reformist and a champion of the Punjabi language
Masood Khan, Pakistani-Kashmiri diplomat, 27th President of Azad Kashmir
Masood Madani (born 1967), Indian politician from Uttarakhand
Masood Mufti (1934–2020), Pakistani scholar of Urdu language, short story writer, novelist, dramatist, columnist and civil servant
Masood Parvez (1918–2001), Pakistani film director
Masood Rana (1941–1995), Pakistani film playback singer
Masood Salahuddin (1915–2006), Pakistani cricket umpire
Masood Shafqat, Pakistani politician from the Punjab
Masood Shahrukh Khan (born 1995), known as Shahrukh Khan, Indian cricketer
Masood Sharif Khan Khattak (1950–2023), Pakistani politician, civilian intelligence officer and the first Director General of the Intelligence Bureau
Masood-ul-Hasan (born 1945), Pakistani cricketer
Masood ul-Mulk, Pakistani expert on humanitarian aid and a development practitioner
Masood ur Rehman Usmani (1968–2024), Pakistani Islamic scholar and religious leader

Other variations of spellings

Messaoud Bellemou, Algerian musician
Messaoud Ould Boulkheir, Mauritanian politician
Moshood K. O. Abiola, politician and philanthropist from Nigeria

Surname

Masud Ahmed

Moez Masoud, Egyptian Muslim cleric

Masood

Shan Masood, Pakistani cricketer
Syed M. Masood, Pakistani-American author

Other variations of spellings

Rükneddin Mesud, King Mesud I
Mohamed Messaoud, Algerian footballer

Fictional characters

Masud Rana, in the Bengali spy thriller series of the same name
Masood Ahmed, fictional character in EastEnders, and his family, including:

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