The baby name Masud is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced Arabic: /masʕuːd/; English common: /məˈsuːd/ or /mɑːˈsuːd/ (respellings: muh-SOOD, mah-SOOD).
The baby name Masud is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced Arabic: /masʕuːd/; English common: /məˈsuːd/ or /mɑːˈsuːd/ (respellings: muh-SOOD, mah-SOOD).
Masud is Arabic, Bengali, Turkish, Urdu in Origin.
Masud (Masʿūd) is an Arabic male given name from the root s-ʿ-d (saʿada, “to be happy, fortunate”). On the mafʿūl pattern, it means “made happy,” hence “fortunate, blessed, prosperous,” with connotations of good luck and wellbeing.
Carried by Muslim communities since the 7th century, it appears in dynastic and scholarly records; rulers such as Masʿud I of Ghazni and several Seljuq sultans bore the name. Today it is widespread across the Middle East, North and East Africa, Anatolia, the Caucasus, and South and Central Asia, and also functions as a surname. Spelling and phonetic variants include Masoud (Arabic/Persian), Masood (Urdu), Massoud or Messaoud (Maghrebi, often via French), Mesud or Mesut (Turkish), Mesûd (Kurdish), Mesud (Bosnian, Chechen), and Masud in Bengali. Feminine counterparts are Masʿūda and Messaouda. Related names from the same root include Saʿīd and its derivatives.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BD | Boys | 0 | #9 | 6,139 | 10,045 |
| BD | 0 | #17 | 448 | 5,992 | |
| MV | 0 | #19 | 1 | 644 | |
| MV | Girls | 0 | #35 | 1 | 2,021 |
| MV | Boys | 0 | #42 | 36 | 3,375 |
| BI | Boys | 0 | #44 | 1 | 917 |
| AF | 0 | #74 | 3 | 1,883 | |
| JP | 0 | #77 | 1 | 4,057 | |
| BN | Boys | 0 | #81 | 53 | 6,332 |
| BH | 0 | #86 | 906 | 17,937 | |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #87 | 2,941 | 17,948 |
| QA | 0 | #91 | 10 | 7,011 | |
| BN | Girls | 0 | #111 | 4 | 5,459 |
| OM | 0 | #115 | 7 | 6,215 | |
| KW | 0 | #118 | 4 | 5,216 | |
| CY | Girls | 0 | #125 | 1 | 3,755 |
| EE | Boys | 0 | #125 | 1 | 2,087 |
| AZ | Boys | 0 | #131 | 1 | 1,400 |
| CY | Boys | 0 | #131 | 1 | 3,473 |
| IQ | 0 | #131 | 3 | 3,533 | |
| ID | Boys | 0 | #133 | 3 | 4,130 |
| GR | 0 | #135 | 1 | 3,911 | |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #150 | 1,017 | 18,093 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #153 | 1,074 | 17,960 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #157 | 1,175 | 18,755 |
| AE | 0 | #165 | 13 | 10,220 | |
| HU | Boys | 0 | #174 | 1 | 3,954 |
| MT | Boys | 0 | #179 | 1 | 4,064 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #179 | 7,006 | 28,008 |
| Sweden | Boys | 2021 | #180 | 4 | 1,578 |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #181 | 227 | 15,987 |
| BD | Girls | 0 | #194 | 212 | 8,413 |
| RU | 0 | #194 | 1 | 3,641 | |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #200 | 2,233 | 22,615 |
| IR | 0 | #229 | 3 | 4,221 | |
| GR | Boys | 0 | #242 | 26 | 6,912 |
| GH | 0 | #246 | 3 | 5,396 | |
| AF | Boys | 0 | #252 | 19 | 3,535 |
| NG | 0 | #253 | 12 | 5,926 | |
| TW | Boys | 0 | #256 | 1 | 7,111 |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #264 | 53 | 15,378 |
| SA | 0 | #265 | 31 | 10,560 | |
| SG | 0 | #282 | 1 | 11,010 | |
| KZ | Boys | 0 | #290 | 7 | 6,578 |
| JP | Boys | 0 | #295 | 9 | 7,909 |
| DK | Boys | 0 | #325 | 8 | 7,401 |
| CN | Boys | 0 | #329 | 3 | 9,639 |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #331 | 445 | 13,071 |
| JO | Girls | 0 | #332 | 8 | 7,570 |
| GH | Girls | 0 | #335 | 3 | 6,973 |
| GH | Boys | 0 | #336 | 10 | 8,138 |
| PL | Boys | 0 | #340 | 1 | 6,459 |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #345 | 236 | 10,162 |
| MU | Boys | 0 | #346 | 12 | 8,477 |
| JO | Boys | 0 | #351 | 27 | 7,057 |
| MY | 0 | #354 | 1 | 12,352 | |
| SD | Girls | 0 | #357 | 2 | 7,678 |
| MU | Girls | 0 | #362 | 1 | 8,539 |
| YE | 0 | #368 | 14 | 8,639 | |
| PT | Boys | 0 | #374 | 8 | 7,951 |
| Finland | Boys | 0 | #395 | 33 | 2,041 |
| PH | Boys | 0 | #408 | 1 | 11,440 |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #419 | 27 | 10,523 |
| Austria | Boys | 0 | #420 | 23 | 2,180 |
| LY | 0 | #424 | 113 | 12,703 | |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #434 | 120 | 20,968 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #438 | 78 | 19,177 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #450 | 786 | 16,906 |
| ZA | 0 | #469 | 6 | 14,421 | |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #480 | 26 | 12,621 |
| IQ | Girls | 0 | #491 | 14 | 11,303 |
| PA | Boys | 0 | #505 | 1 | 9,305 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #506 | 466 | 25,931 |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #507 | 4 | 10,188 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #519 | 730 | 25,439 |
| IR | Girls | 0 | #542 | 4 | 8,334 |
| PS | Girls | 0 | #547 | 1 | 10,981 |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #551 | 7 | 12,905 |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #557 | 30 | 18,916 |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #559 | 3 | 10,655 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #575 | 1 | 12,054 |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #615 | 17 | 13,121 |
| LB | 0 | #617 | 42 | 13,263 | |
| BO | Boys | 0 | #622 | 1 | 9,244 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #623 | 3 | 10,983 |
| IL | Girls | 0 | #645 | 1 | 11,648 |
| Finland | Boys | 2026 | #656 | 27 | 3,552 |
| SY | 0 | #694 | 35 | 11,684 | |
| IT | 0 | #699 | 16 | 4,183 | |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #700 | 1 | 13,390 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #745 | 264 | 16,750 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #766 | 21 | 15,093 |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #785 | 1 | 12,213 |
| IT | Boys | 0 | #814 | 741 | 10,046 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #832 | 55 | 15,035 |
| TN | 0 | #862 | 4 | 13,765 | |
| Germany | Boys | 0 | #872 | 81 | 5,697 |
| United States | Boys | 2024 | #881 | 12 | 7,044 |
| Spain | Boys | 0 | #903 | 28 | 5,610 |
| NL | Boys | 0 | #910 | 42 | 5,873 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #925 | 2 | 14,506 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #967 | 28 | 24,821 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #981 | 1 | 15,656 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #1,009 | 1 | 14,742 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,058 | 121 | 25,619 |
| MA | 0 | #1,119 | 10 | 20,986 | |
| TR | 0 | #1,135 | 77 | 19,440 | |
| DZ | 0 | #1,163 | 14 | 20,130 | |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,232 | 5 | 25,928 |
| IT | Girls | 0 | #1,424 | 23 | 9,415 |
Masud is popular in 66 countries — most recent births per country:
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