Suad
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Suad is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Syria than in any other country. Recorded meaning: happiness. Su‘ad bint Rafi‘: a sahaabia.
- SYSyria≈1 in 2.2K(inferred from the name graph)
- KWKuwait≈1 in 4.4K
- TRTürkiye≈1 in 37K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Suad itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Syria (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 125 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.2K (inferred from the name graph)
≈8,800 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Kosovo, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
happiness. Su‘ad bint Rafi‘: a sahaabia
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of Muslim Names
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Suad 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY Syria | #298 | ≈8,800 est. | ≈1 in 2.2K | — | Suad | 14 |
| ES Spain | — | 5,090as Souad | 1 in 9.8K | 5.1K | Suad | 18 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | — | ≈2,700 est. | ≈1 in 13K | — | Suad | 71 |
| TR Türkiye | — | ≈2,200 est. | ≈1 in 37K | — | Suad | 17 |
| US United States | — | 1,864 | 1 in 178K | 1.5K | Suad | 125 |
| LY Libya | #116 | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 6K | — | Suad | 15 |
| XK Kosovo | — | ≈880 est. | ≈1 in 2.2K | 910 | — | 4 |
| KW Kuwait | #475 | ≈690 est. | ≈1 in 4.4K | — | Suad | 48 |
| SI Slovenia | — | 352 | 1 in 6K | 352 | — | 2 |
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: INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search); SURS — resident population given names. 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Suad 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 Arabic, happiness, good fortune
as a nameA Dictionary of Muslim Names
Buena fortuna
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)
- Suad Khalil Ismailb. 1928IQIraqi Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research
- Suad Ibrahim Ahmedb. 1935SDSudanese politician and women's rights activist
- Suad al-Attarb. 1942IQIraqi painter
- Suad Josephb. 1943USAmerican anthropologist
- Suad al-Mani'b. 1947SASaudi Arabian literary critic
- Suad Beširevićb. 1963SISlovenian footballer (1963-2019)
- Suad Filekovićb. 1978SISlovenian footballer
- Suad Bushnaqb. 1982CAArab-Canadian composer
- Suad Šehovićb. 1987MEMontenegrin basketball player (born 1987)
- Suad Grudab. 1991SEFootballer (born 1991)
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 59 sources across 35 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1.5K | #7,924 |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | — | 910 | #762 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 373 | #7,924 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2025 | 352 | #365 |
| SI Slovenia | stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank) | — | 351 | #740 |
| ES Spain | INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 98 | #7,159 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 98 | #16,056 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2024 | 7 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1987 | 5 | — |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | 2025 | 1 | — |
Reference works 6
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Тахиров, Речник на турските лични имена в България
- 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 Suad mean, and where does it come from?
- happiness. Su‘ad bint Rafi‘: a sahaabia Recorded by A Dictionary of Muslim Names.
- Is Suad a male or female name?
- Suad is a female 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 Suad?
- In the etymology graph, Sait, Seydou and SeaD are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Suad have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 8.8 thousand people named Suad in Syria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled suad.
- How common is the name Suad?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,864 people named Suad in 2020, about 1 in 178 thousand residents.
- How common is Suad compared with other names?
- In Syria, Suad is the 298th most common given name of 109,151 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Suad?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/suadThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Suad” — the 298th most common given name in Syria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.