Fouad

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Heart

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ˈfuæd/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Fouad is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Algeria than in any other country, where it is the 49th most common given name.

rarermore common
  • MAMorocco≈1 in 909(inferred from the name graph)
  • DZAlgeria≈1 in 994
  • LBLebanon≈1 in 3K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Algeria (inferred from the name graph)

≈43,000 people, est.

Sources
292 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 909 (inferred from the name graph)

Morocco, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Heart

Sources 1

  • The book of African names

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

How Fouad is read(measured from records)

Fouad is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • Arabic42%

    Heart

    as a nameThe book of African names

  • French28%

    From Arabic Fu'ād (فؤاد), ‘heart’.

    as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

    Origine arabe, « homme de coeur ».

    as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

  • English10%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Fouad in English.

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Fouad counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Fouad is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DZ Algeria#49≈43,000 est.≈1 in 994listedFouad73
MA Morocco#88≈39,000 est.≈1 in 909listedFouad122
EG Egypt#494≈19,000 est.≈1 in 5.5K—Fouad172
FR France#767≈9,600 est.≈1 in 7.1K5.3KFouad292
SA Saudi Arabia#713≈6,500 est.≈1 in 5.3K—Fouad107
SY Syria#560≈3,800 est.≈1 in 5.1K—Fouad42
ES Spain—3,1291 in 16K3.1KFouad72
LB Lebanon#406≈1,800 est.≈1 in 3K—Fouad87

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); the ma-etatcivil-authorized-given-names register; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Fouad is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name22 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Spain, United States, Brazil, Venezuela

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Fouàd, Fóûàd, Fòûăd, Fôùàd, Föüad

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Fouâd

  • Danish given name8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Denmark, Norway, United States, Morocco

    Languages: Danish, Norwegian

    Also written Fôûâd, Föûad, Foùád, Fõūäd

  • Turkish given name101 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, Russia, Syria, Indonesia

    Languages: Turkish, Russian, Arabic

    Also written Fuat, Fuad, Фуад, Фуат, Fu'Ad

  • Italian given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy, United States, Spain, Canada

    Also written Fouâd

  • Croatian given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Spain, United States, Croatia, Bulgaria

    Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Serbian

    Also written Fôûâd

41 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Fouad is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Swedish, Fouad (Fuad) är ett arabiskt namn som betyder ’hjärta’. En känd namnbärare är journalisten Fouad Youcefi (f. 1989).

    as a nameFörnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

  • Valeroso

    as a name25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Fuad I of Egypt, b. 1868Fouad Chehab, b. 1902Fouad Mebazaa, b. 1933Fuad Masum, b. 1938Fouad Twal, b. 1940Fouad Siniora, b. 1943Fuad Shukr, b. 1961Fouad Chafik, b. 1986Fouad Bachirou, b. 1990
  • Fuad I of Egyptb. 1868EGnot in their usual nameEgyptian former King and former Sultan
  • Fouad Chehabb. 1902LBthird president of Lebanon (1902-1973)
  • Fouad Mebazaab. 1933TNTunisian politician
  • Fuad Masumb. 1938IQnot in their usual name7th President of the Republic of Iraq
  • Fouad Twalb. 1940JOCatholic patriarch
  • Fouad Siniorab. 1943LBPrime Minister of Lebanon
  • Fuad Shukrb. 1961LBnot in their usual nameone of the leaders of Hezbollah (1961/1962–2024), Specially Designated Global Terrorist from 2013
  • Fouad Chafikb. 1986FRMoroccan and French footballer
  • Fouad Bachiroub. 1990FRComorian association football player
  • Fouad Mikatifilm director

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

Informalمرحباً Fouad،Hi Fouad, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 66 sources across 35 countries.

Official registers attesting Fouad
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024)20245.3K#1,553
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—3.1K#1,270
ES SpainINE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—2.6K#642
MA MoroccoListe des prénoms d'usage au Maroc — official authorized given-names list———

Reference works 7

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
  • Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Fouad mean, and where does it come from?
Heart Recorded by The book of African names.
How do you pronounce Fouad?
A machine transcription gives /ˈfuæd/ (IPA) for Arabic.
Is Fouad a male or female name?
Fouad is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What are other forms of the name Fouad?
In the etymology graph, Fuat and Fuad are forms of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Fouad have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 43 thousand people named Fouad in Algeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled fouad.
How common is the name Fouad?
In Spain, the national register counted 3,129 people named Fouad, about 1 in 16 thousand residents.
How common is Fouad compared with other names?
In Algeria, Fouad is the 49th most common given name of 27,215 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Fouad” — the 49th most common given name in Algeria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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