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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.

Gender: Male
Syllables: 2.0
Origin: Arabic, Bengali, Turkish, Urdu
Pronunciation: Arabic: /masʕuːd/; English common: /məˈsuːd/ or /mɑːˈsuːd/ (respellings: muh-SOOD, mah-SOOD)

What is the meaning of the name Masud ?

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.

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Masud – Popularity by country

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:

United States
Sweden
AE
AF
Austria

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People also ask about Masud

Masud is predominantly a boy's name.
Masud is a 2 syllable name, pronounced Arabic: /masʕuːd/; English common: /məˈsuːd/ or /mɑːˈsuːd/ (respellings: muh-SOOD, mah-SOOD).
Common nicknames and spelling variations include Masood, Masoud, Mas'ud, Mas'ūd, Masʽud and Massoud.
Across languages, Masud has these equivalents: Saeed (Sa'id), Mesut (Turkish), Felix (Latin), Asher (Hebrew).
Yes — Masud ranked #180 in Sweden in 2021, and appears in official birth registries across 3 countries.
Masud ranks highest in Sweden (#180 in 2021).
Masud's popularity is holding steady. It moved from #880 in 2014 to #881 in 2024 in United States.