As'ad

أَسْعَد
RomanisationALA-LC: Asʻad
PronunciationArabic: [ˈʔasʕad]
Gendermale
Language(s)Arabic
Origin
Meaningmore/most fortunate, happier/happiest, luckier/luckiest
Other names
Variant form(s)Askhat (Асхат) (Kazakh)
Anglicisation(s)Asaad, Assaad, Assad, Assadi

As'ad (Arabic: أَسْعَد / ALA-LC: Asʻad, Arabic pronunciation: [ˈʔasʕad]), informally transcribed as Asaad or Assaad, is an Arabic male given name derived from the elative degree of the adjective سَعِيد saʿīd, thus meaning "more/most fortunate, happier/happiest, luckier/luckiest". It also exists as a surname.