Imad
Imad (also transliterated as Emad, Imed and Aimad Arabic: عماد) is an Arabic masculine given name and surname and means "support" or "pillar".
| Pronunciation | Arabic: [ʕɪˈmaːd, ʕeˈmæːd] (among others) Persian: [ʔeˈmɒːd]  | 
|---|---|
| Gender | Male | 
| Language(s) | Arabic | 
| Origin | |
| Meaning | 'Support', 'Pillar'[1] | 
| Region of origin | Arabia | 
| Other names | |
| Alternative spelling | Imaad, Emad, Emaad, Imed, Aimad | 
Given name
    
- Imād ad-Dīn Muhammad bin Qasim, Umayyad Caliphate general
 - Imad Abbas, Palestinian military commander
 - Imad Baba, American soccer player
 - Emad Hajjaj, Jordanian political cartoonist
 - Emad al-Janabi, Iraqi blacksmith
 - Imad Khalili, Swedish footballer
 - Imad Kotbi, Moroccan radio presenter
 - Emad Mohammed, Iraqi footballer
 - Imad Rahman, Pakistani American fiction writer
 - Imad Rami, Syrian Nasheed singer
 - Imad Wasim, Pakistani international cricketer
 - Imad Feghaly, Lebanese actor and voice actor
 
Imed
    
- Imed Abdelnabbi (born 1957), Egyptian chess player
 - Imed Louati (born 1993), Tunisian footballer
 - Imed Memmich (born 1966), Tunisian scholar and politician
 - Imed Meniaoui (born 1983), Tunisian footballer
 
- Imed Mhedhebi (born 1976), Tunisian footballer
 - Imed Ketata, Tunisian footballer
 - Imed Trabelsi (born 1974), Tunisian businessman and politician
 - Imed Ben Younes (born 1974), Tunisian former football player and current coach
 
Surname
    
- Mitra Emad, American anthropologist
 - Parvis Emad, American philosopher and Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at DePaul University
 
Family origin
    
The Imad family is named for al-Amadiyyah, near Mosul in northern Iraq and, like the Jumblatt family, is thought to be of Kurdish origin.[2]
Some unconfirmed sources allege that the roots of Family Imad ancestors are associated with those of Imad ad-Din Zengi (1087; † 1146), who was in turn the Atabeg of Mosul from 1127 to his death in 1146.
Imad as a family name also indicates descent from the originally Druze feudal family Al-Imad in the Chouf region of Mount Lebanon.
References
    
- "Imad - Islamic Name Meaning - Baby Names for Muslims".
 - Origins of the Druze People and Religion, by Philip K. Hitti, 1924
 
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