Jawad (Arabic name)

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Jawad (Arabic:) is an Arabic name.

[edit] Meaning of the name

Open handed or generous and the most handsome of all human beings.

It is also the old Arabic word for stallion or steed.

[edit] Origin of the name

Jawad is said to be one of the names used to describe Muhammad.[citation needed] Jawad means also "horse" in arabic.
Jawad, meaning "generous", is an epithet of the fifth Shi'ite imam, mostly known as Muhammad al-Baqir.