Throughout the world, Aouad (عواد 
, Aouad 
) is a common boy's given name. The first name Aouad is habitual in Western Asia, particularly Iraq, where it is quite a common male name, Saudi Arabia, where it is quite a common predominantly male, but very seldom feminine name, and Syria, where it is quite a rare primarily male, but very infrequently girly name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Iraq, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia. Also, Aouad is the last name as well as the forename.