As'ad ( / , ), informally transcribed as Asaad or Assaad, is an Arabic male given name derived from the elative degree of the adjective , thus meaning "more/most fortunate, happier/happiest, luckier/luckiest". It also exists as a surname. People with the given name As'ad ibn Zurara, companion of Muhammad As'ad Pasha al-Azm As'ad Syamsul Arifin As'ad Shukeiri As'ad Adib Bayudh As'ad AbuKhalil Asaad Kelada Assaad Bouab Assaad W. Razzouk Assaad Taha Assaad Seif Assaad Feddah Assaad Chaftari Assaad Andraos Assaad Hardan People with the surname Ahmad El-Assaad Kamel Asaad Khaled al-Asaad, prominent Syrian archaeologist and historian killed by ISIS Man Asaad Nizar Assaad References Arabic masculine given names Arabic-language surnames