Masoud

Masoud (also spelled Masuod, Massood, Massoud, Masood, Mas'ud, Masud, Messaoud, Mesud or Mesut, Mas‘ūd, Persian: مسعود‎‎) is a given name and surname in many countries, meaning "fortunate", "prosperous", or "happy". Although some experts believe that the origin of this name comes from Arab countries, it is a very popular surname in Iran and Turkey.

Given name

• Masoud Barzani, President of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region
• Messaoud Ould Boulkheir, Mauritanian politician
• Masud Ghnaim, Israeli Arab politician
• Mas'ud Hai Rakkah (1690–1768), Chief Rabbi of Tripoli
• Masoud Kazerouni, a 14th-century Persian physician
• Masud Khan, British psychoanalyst
• Masud Minhas, Indian field hockey player
• Massoud Rajavi, Iranian Politician
• Masud Sabri, Uyghur Governor of Xinjiang
• Masood Sharif Khan Khattak, a civilian intelligence officer and the first and former Director General of the Intelligence Bureau (I.B)of Pakistan
• Masoud Shojaei, Iranian footballer
• Masoud (musician) (born 1985), Iranian Music Producer, Artist and DJ

Surname

• Baitullah Masood, former Taliban leader
• Ahmad Shah Massoud, Afghan mujahedin leader, Defense Minister in post-Communist government, and Northern Alliance leader
• Ala ud din Masud, Muslim Turkic ruler
• Bellemou Messaoud, Algerian musician
• Faisal Masud, medical doctor
• Khalid Masud, Pakistani Muslim scholar
• Moez Masoud, moderate Egyptian Muslim cleric
• Mohamed Messaoud, Algerian footballer
• Mohammad Zafar Masud, Pakistan Air Force personnel
• Naiyer Masud, Urdu short-story writer and literary critic
• Muhammad Khalid Masud, formerly Chairman (2004 - 2010) of the Council of Islamic Ideology in Pakistan.

Fictional characters

• Masood Ahmed, fictional character
• Masud Rana, fictional character of popular Bengali spy thriller series of the same name
• Kamil Masood, fictional character
• Shabnam Masood, fictional character
• Syed Masood, fictional character
• Tamwar Masood, fictional character
• Zainab Masood, fictional character