Jawed (); Javed, Javid (); Jawed, Javed () is a masculine given name of Persian origin meaning of "eternal, immortal" and is also the word for "eternity". The name is from Modern Persian "eternal". The word continues Middle Persian jāwēd, from an Old Persian *yāvaitat, ultimately from *yauu-, Iranian oblique stem of *āiuu- "age, duration", cognate with Greek αἰών "eon". It is not a traditional given name; it was chosen as a pseudonym by Huseyn Javid (Huseyn Abdulla oglu Rasizadeh) in the early 20th century. The given name became popular among Indian Muslims from about the 1940s, and remains a popular name for baby boys in Pakistan. List of people with this given name Javed Khan (1695–1754) head eunuch and influential court official in the late Mughal Empire Javid Iqbal (judge) (Sr.) HI, (born 1924), son of the poet-philosopher Sir Muhammad Iqbal Javed Akhtar (cricketer) (born 1940), former Pakistani cricketer Javed Ashraf Qazi, HI(M), SBt, (born 1941), Pakistani general, politician, Senator in the Parliament of Pakistan Javed Akhtar (born 1945), poet, lyricist and scriptwriter from India Musa Javed Chohan (born 1948), the former High Commissioner of Pakistan to Canada Mubashar Jawed Akbar (born 1951), Indian journalist and author Javed Ahmad Ghamidi (born 1951), Pakistani Muslim theologian, Quran scholar and exegete Javed Sheikh (born 1954), Pakistani actor, director and producer Muhammad Javed Ikhlas (born 1955), Pakistani politician Javed Iqbal (serial killer) (1956–2001), Pakistani serial killer Javed Miandad (born 1957), former Pakistani cricketer Jawed Wassel (1959–2001), Afghan-American film director Javed Qureshi (born 1960), former Pakistani cricketer and the first captain of the Pakistan U19 cricket team Javed Jaffrey (born 1963), Indian actor, dancer, comedian, impressionist Javed Kurd (born 1967), Pakistani-Norwegian music producer Javed Omar (born 1976), Bangladeshi cricketer Javed Qadeer (born 1976), former Pakistani cricketer Jawed Karim (born 1979), Bangladeshi-German-American computer programmer and co-founder of YouTube Javid Taghiyev (boxer) (born 1981), Azerbaijani boxer Javid Taghiyev (footballer) (born 1992), Azerbaijani footballer Javid James (born 1986), professional American and Canadian football wide receiver Javid Huseynov (born 1988), Azerbaijani footballer Javed Mohammed (born 1989), Trinidadian footballer Javid Imamverdiyev (born 1990), Azerbaijani footballer (midfielder) Javed Ahmadi (born 1992), Afghan cricketer Javed Ali (born 1982), playback singer Agha Javed Pathan, political activist from Sindh, Pakistan, accused of shoe throwing on Arbab Ghulam Rahim Javaid Laghari, chairperson of the Higher Education of Pakistan Jawed Ludin, Afghan diplomat Javed Ahmed Khan, politician of the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC)