Fouad
Fuad is a masculine Arabic given name, meaning "heart"—the beating circulating heart, the concept of "mind and spirit".
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Fouad
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Fuad is a masculine Arabic given name, meaning "heart"—the beating circulating heart, the concept of "mind and spirit".
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Fouad
American parents first put Fouad on the record books as a baby boy name in 1976, with 8 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1996, when 18 Fouads were born — ranking #3,678 that year. About 27% of every Fouad on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Fouad last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 415 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Fouad
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Fouad. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Fouad
Phonetically similar names — useful when Fouad is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Fuad
- Food
- Fooled
- Fad
- Fiat
- Fud
- Flad
- Fadd
- Fadh
- Feud
- Fued
- Fude
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About the name Fouad
Fouad is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1976 and has accumulated 415 births in the dataset. Fouad's peak popularity came in 1996 when it ranked #3,678. Use the chart and map above to compare Fouad's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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