The assad Surname
assad Name Meaning and History
- from an Arabic personal name, As?ad ‘happiest’, ‘luckiest’, a superlative adjective derived from sa?ida ‘to be lucky or happy’. Compare Said.
- nickname or ornamental name from Arabic asad ‘lion’. This was adopted as a surname by ?Hafe?z al-Assad (1928–2000), president of Syria from 1971 until his death.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| JERRY ASSAD |
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| Assad Mahmud | Tracy | 0 |
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