Aswad as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Aswad

What is the meaning of the name Aswad ?

The baby name Aswad is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced Arabic: /ʔas.wad/ (approx. 'AS-wad'); Anglicized: /ˈæs.wæd/ ('AS-wad').

Aswad is Arabic in Origin.

Aswad (Arabic: أسود, ʾAswad) is a masculine Arabic given name and family name meaning “black” or “dark-complexioned,” from the Semitic root s‑w‑d denoting blackness. As the standard Arabic color term for black, it functions both as a personal name and descriptive epithet in classical sources. Pronounced AS-wad (Arabic ʔas-wad), it appears in many regions of the Arabic- and Muslim‑speaking world.

The name is well attested in early Islamic history, borne by figures such as al-Aswad ibn Yazid al-Nakhaʿi, a Kufan jurist, and al-Aswad ibn Sariʿ, a poet-Companion; it also echoes in the sacred phrase al‑Hajar al‑Aswad (the Black Stone of the Kaʿba). Variants and related forms include transliterations Eswad and Aswed, Turkish Esvet/Esved, and the Arabic diminutive Suwayd (“little black”); the feminine counterpart is Sawdāʾ/Sawda. Usage today remains most common across the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia.