Around the globe, סואד (Soad 
, סואד 
) is a common principally female, but very infrequently masculine first name. The forename סואד is characteristic of Northern Africa, particularly Egypt, where it is quite a common feminine name, Libya, and Morocco, where it is quite a common predominantly girly, but very infrequently masculine name. Very seldom, סואד is the last name as well as the forename.