Masoud

Masud Ansari

Gender	Male
Origin
Meaning	"fortunate", "prosperous", "happy" or "to make others happy"
Region of origin	Indian

Masoud (also spelled Massoud, Massoude, Massudeh, Masood, Masʽud, Masud, Mashud, Messaoud, Mesut, Mesud or Mosād, in Arabic: مسعود اِقرا:مَس عَود‎, in Persian: مسعود خوانده شود:مسود, is a given name meaning "fortunate", "prosperous", or "lucky and happy". The origin of this name is Arabic. It is a quite popular male given name and also a common surname in the Arab world, Iran, Turkey, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan and also found to be used in Palestine, Russia, India, Bangladesh, Malaysia and China.

Given name

• Masʽud I of Ghazni, sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire from 1030 to 1040
• Masud Sabri, Uyghur governor of Xinjiang
• Masʽud Hai Rakkaḥ, Chief rabbi of Tripoli
• Masud Jani, 13th century governor of Bengal
• Masoud Kazerouni, 14th-Century Persian physician
• Messaoud Ould Boulkheir, Mauritanian politician
• Moshood K. O. Abiola, late politician and philanthropist from Nigeria
• Masud Khan, British psychoanalyst
• Masud Ghnaim, an Israeli Arab politician
• Massoud Rajavi, Militant politician
• Masood Sharif Khan Khattak, Civilian intelligence officer
• Masud Minhas, Indian field hockey player
• Masoud Barzani, President of the Iraqi Kurdistan region
• Masoud (musician), Iranian music producer, artist, and DJ
• Masoud Shojaei, Iranian footballer
• Mesut Özil, German footballer of Turkish descent

Surname

• Rükneddin Mesud, King Mesud I
• Ghiyath Ad-din Masud, King Mesud II
• Ala ud din Masud, Ruler of the Mamluk dynasty (Delhi)
• Ahmad Shah Massoud, former Afghan leader and soldier
• Ahmad Massoud, Afghan leader and son of Ahmad Shah Massoud
• Ahmad Zia Massoud and Ahmad Wali Massoud, brothers of Ahmad Shah Massoud
• Faisal Masud, Medical doctor
• Khalid Masud, Pakistani scholar
• Messaoud Bellemou, Algerian musician
• Mitty Masud, Pakistan Air Force personnel
• Moez Masoud, Moderate Egyptian Muslim cleric
• Mohammad Masud, Iranian journalist
• Mohamed Messaoud, Algerian footballer
• Muhammad Khalid Masud, Director of an Islamic Research Institute
• Naiyer Masud, Indian Urdu short-story writer and literary critic
• Shan Masood, Pakistani cricketer
• Syed M. Masood, Pakistani-American author

Fictional characters

• Masud Rana, fictional character of popular Bengali spy thriller series of the same name
• Masood Ahmed, fictional character in EastEnders, and his family, including:
• Zainab Masood, fictional character
• Syed Masood, fictional character
• Amira Masood, fictional character
• Shabnam Masood, fictional character
• Tamwar Masood, fictional character
• Afia Masood, fictional character
• Kamil Masood, fictional character
• Yasmin Masood, fictional character