Aswad (name)

Aswad

Gender	Male
Language	Arabic
Origin
Meaning	black

Aswad is a masculine Arabic given name and surname that means "black" (also used for people of black complexion). Notable people with the name include:

Given name

• Al-Aswad al-Ansi (died 632), Arab tribal leader
• Aswad Thomas (born 1989), English footballer
• Aswad ibn Yazid, narrator of hadith

Surname

• Abdulrazzaq Aswad (1918–2002), Iraqi military leader and governor
• Abu al-Aswad ad-Du'ali (603–688/89), Arab grammarian
• Ali Aswad al-Jiburi (died 2016), Iraqi ISIS commander
• Bill Aswad (1922–2015), American politician
• Evelyn Aswad, American legal scholar
• Fatima bint Al-Aswad, companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
• Isa ibn Mazyad al-Aswad (died 772), Arab ruler
• Kamil Al-Aswad (born 1994), Bahraini footballer
• Khashkhash Ibn Saeed Ibn Aswad, Andalusian navigator
• Mahmoud Al Aswad (born 2003), Syrian footballer
• Miqdad ibn Aswad, companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
• Omar Al-Aswad, Libyan politician
• Radwa El Aswad (born 1974), Egyptian writer
• Wathiq Aswad (born 1957), Iraqi footballer
• Ziad Abderrazzak Mohammad Aswad (born 1952), former government minister in Iraq

Other uses

Other uses of the word include:

• Al-Abd Al-Aswad, a form of torture noted in Syria ^[1]
• Hajarul Aswad, the Black Stone at the Kaaba in Mecca
• Aswad, British reggae group
• Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora (ASWAD)
• أيلول الأسود (aylūl al-aswad), Black September.

See also

• Arabic name

References

1. A. M. Rosenthal, On My Mind; A Tour Of Syria, New York Times, October 25, 1994. Retrieved 2012-05-30.