Asad is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning “lion.” In 2024 it was given to 76 boys in the United States.
Asad belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “lion” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Asad first appears in Social Security records in 1970. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1824 in 1994, and in 2024 76 babies received the name — 1,910 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Asad means “lion” in its Arabic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Asad is a boy name. In 2024, 76 babies received the name in the US.
Asad comes from the Muslim & Arabic tradition.
Asad first appears in US records in 1970. Its best-ever ranking was #1824 in 1994, and 76 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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