Assad is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning “lion.” In 2024 it was given to 12 boys in the United States.
Assad 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, Assad first appears in Social Security records in 1976. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #3722 in 1984, and in 2024 12 babies received the name — 300 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Assad means “lion” in its Arabic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Assad is a boy name. In 2024, 12 babies received the name in the US.
Assad comes from the Muslim & Arabic tradition.
Assad first appears in US records in 1976. Its best-ever ranking was #3722 in 1984, and 12 babies were given the name in 2024.
Assad is pronounced /æˈsɑːd/ (IPA).
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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