# Jawad (name)

Jawad (Arabic & Persian: جواد), Bosnian: Dževad; Russian: Жавад, romanized: Dzhavad; Azerbaijani: Cavad, Berber languages: ⵊⴰⵡⴷ, romanized: Jawed; Turkish: Cevat; Albanian: Xhevat) is an Arabic given name that means generous, liberal, magnanimous, and open-handed. The name is common in the Balkans, Caucasus, Middle East, Morocco and South Asia.

## First name

* Jaouad Achab (born 1992), Belgian taekwondo practitioner of Moroccan origin
* Jawad Ahmad (born 1970), Pakistani singer and politician
* Jaouad Akaddar (1984–2012), Moroccan footballer
* Jawad Akeel (born 1978), Dutch-Qatari footballer
* Jawad Ali (1907–1987), Iraqi historian
* Javad Alizadeh (born 1953), Iranian cartoonist
* Javad Allahverdi (born 1954), Iranian footballer
* Jawad Anani (born 1943), Jordanian economist and politician
* Jawad El Andaloussi (born 1955), Moroccan footballer
* Jawad Al Arrayed (born 1940), Bahraini politician
* Jawad al-Assadi (born 1947), Iraqi theatre director and playwright
* Jawad Bashir (born 1970), Pakistani director, actor and singer
* Jawad Blunt (born 1995), Pakistani freestyle football champion
* Jawad Botmeh, Palestinian student convicted of the 1994 attack in the London Israeli embassy
* Jawad al-Bulani (born 1960), Iraqi politician and minister
* Jaouad Chiguer (born 1985), French amateur boxer
* Cevat Cobanli (1870-1938), Turkish commander and politician
* Jawad Rumi Daini (born 1948), Iraqi Army general
* Javad Davari (born 1983), Iranian basketball player
* Jawad Dawood (born 1982), Pakistani-Canadian cricketer
* Javad Fakoori (1938–1981), Iranian Air Force officer
* Javad Gharavi Aliari (1935-2018), Iranian Grand Ayatollah
* Jaouad Gharib (born 1972), Moroccan runner
* Jawad Ghaziyar, Afghan singer
* Cevat Güler (born 1959), Turkish footballer and coach
* Cevat Abbas Gurer (1887–1943), Turkish officer and politician
* Jawad El Hajri (born 1979), French footballer
* Javad Hakimli (1914–2016), Soviet Azerbaijani Partisan during WWII
* Jawad Hameed (born 1976), Pakistani cricketer
* Javad Hamidi (1918-2002), Iranian painter and poet
* Javad Hashemi (born 1966), Iranian actor and director
* Javad Heyat (1925-2014), Iranian Azerbaijani surgeon and Writer
* Jawad Hussain (1939–2008), Indian cricketer
* Cevat Şakir Kabaağaçlı (1886–1973), Turkish writer
* Jawad Kadhim (born 1993), Iraqi footballer
* Dževad Karahasan (1953-2023), Bosnian writer and philosopher
* Javad Kazemian (born 1981), Iranian footballer
* Xhevat Kelmendi (born 1955), Kosovar singer
* Javad Khan (1748-1804), member of the royal Qajar family
* Cevat Kula (1902–1977), Turkish equestrian
* Javad Malik-Yeganov (1878–1942), Azerbaijani politician and Governor-General of Lankaran
* Javad Maroufi (1912–1993), Iranian composer and pianist
* Javad Mojabi (born 1939), Iranian poet and literary critic
* Javad Nekounam (born 1980), Iranian footballer
* Javad Nurbakhsh (1926–2008), Iranian Sufi leader and psychiatrist
* Jawad Ouaddouch (born 1981), Moroccan footballer
* Dževad Prekazi (born 1957), Yugoslav Kosovar footballer
* Dževad Poturak (born 1977), Bosnian super heavyweight kickboxer
* Javad Razavian (born 1974), Iranian actor
* Javad Razzaghi (born 1982), Iranian footballer
* Jawad Jabbar Sadkhan Al-Sahlani, Iraqi man held at Guantanamo
* Jawad Saleem (1919–1961), Iraqi painter and sculptor
* Jawad Salehi (born 1956), Iranian electrical and computer engineer
* Dževad Šećerbegović (born 1955), Yugoslav Bosnian footballer
* Cevat Seyit (1906-1945), Turkish footballer
* Javad Shamaqdari (born 1960), Iranian filmmaker and politician
* Javad Khan Shiravanski (1809-1882), Major General of the Russian Imperial Army and Azerbaijani Noble
* Javad Shirzad (born 1982), Iranian footballer
* Javad Tabatabai (1945-2023), Iranian political philosopher and historian
* Jawad Tabrizi (1926–2006), Iranian Ayatollah
* Dževad Turković (born 1972), Yugoslav and Croatian footballer
* Jawad Williams (born 1983), American basketball player
* Javad Yasari (born 1947), Persian singer
* Cevat Yerli (born 1978), Turkish and German computer game developer
* Jaouad Zairi (born 1982), Moroccan footballer
* Javad Zarincheh (born 1966), Iranian football player and coach

## Middle name

* Mohammad-Javad Bahonar (1933–1981), Iranian theologian and politician
* Mohammad Jawad Balaghi (1865–1933), Iraqi Shia Muslim religious authority
* Migjen Xhevat Basha (born 1987), Kosovar Albanian footballer
* Mohamad Jawad Chirri (1905–1994), Lebanese founder of the Islamic Center of America
* Mufid Mohammad Jawad al-Jazairi (born 1939), Iraqi journalist and politician
* Mohamad Jawad Khalifeh (born 1961), Lebanese politician and minister of health
* Mohammad-Javad Larijani (born 1951), Iranian politician, hard-line cleric and mathematician
* Zayn Javadd Malik (born 1993), Pakistani-English singer and songwriter
* Syed Jawad Naqvi (born 1952), Pakistani Twelver Shia Muslim cleric
* Hossam Jawad Al-Sabah (1948-2021), Lebanese actor
* Ali Jawad al-Sheikh (1997–2011), Bahraini boy killed in the Bahraini Uprising
* Ali Jawad Al Taher (c. 1911–1996), Iraqi literary scholar and critic
* Ridha Jawad Taqi, Iraqi politician and Member of Parliament
* Leman Cevat Tomsu (1913-1988), Turkish architect and academic
* Mohammad Javad Tondguyan (1950–1991), Iranian engineer and politician
* Abu Mohammad Jawad Walieddine (1916–2012), Lebanese regional Druze spiritual leader
* Ali Jawad Zaidi (1916–2004), Indian Urdu poet and scholar
* Mohammad Javad Zarif (born 1960), Iranian diplomat, academic, and foreign minister

## Last name

* Abdul Sattar Jawad (born 1943), Iraqi-American scholar of Arabic and English literature
* Ahmad Javad (1892–1937), Azerbaijani poet
* Ali Jawad (born 1989), British paralympic powerlifter
* Daniane Jawad (born 1986), Moroccan footballer
* Hussain Jawad (born 1987), Bahraini human rights activist
* Kalbe Jawad (born 1966), Indian Muslim cleric and scholar
* Kashif Jawad (born 1981), Pakistani field hockey player
* Mazen Abdul-Jawad (born 1977), Saudi Arabian man arrested for talking publicly about sex
* Mohamed Abd Al-Jawad (born 1962), Saudi Arabian footballer
* Mohammed Abdel-Jawad (born 1979), Palestinian footballer
* Mohamed Jawad (born 1985), Pakistani youth accused and held for attempted murder at Guantanamo
* Muhammad al-Jawad, (811–835), ninth of the Twelve Imams
* Said Tayeb Jawad (born 1958), Afghan diplomat
* Saleh Abd al-Jawad (born 1952), Palestinian historian
* Shamim Jawad, Afghan activist
* Shireen Jawad (born 1971), Bangladeshi-English singer