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Jawid
Pronunciation	[ˈdʒaːʋɛːd]
Gender	Masculine
Origin
Meaning	Long Live or Eternal
Region of origin	Iran
Other names
Alternative spelling	Jawed, Javed

Jawid (Persian: جاويد, romanized: Jāwīd), also spelled Jawed, Jawayd, Javid, Javaid, Javed and other variants, is a masculine given name of Persian origin meaning meaning "long life" or "eternal".^[1]^[2]

The name is from Modern Persian jāwid جاود "eternal". The word continues Middle Persian jāwīd, from an Old Persian *yāvaitat, ultimately from *yauu-, Iranian oblique stem of *āiuu- "age, duration", cognate with Greek αἰών "eon".^[3]

It is also chosen as a pseudonym by some, such as 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. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

Jawaid

Jawaid Iqbal (born 1972), Pakistani-born Hong Kong cricketer
Jawaid Iqbal (professor), Indian academic and university vice-chancellor
Jawaid Khaliq (born 1970), British professional boxer

Jawid

Jawid Mojaddedi, Afghan researcher and professor
Jawid Safi, Afghan cricketer

Jawed

Jawed Sheikh (born 1954), Pakistani actor
Jawed Karim (born 1979), German-American software engineer and entrepreneur, co-founder of YouTube
Jawed Habib, Indian politician and hairstylist
Mubashar Jawed Akbar (born 1951), Indian journalist and author
Jawed Wassel (1959–2001), Afghan-American film director
Jawed Ludin (born 1973), Afghan diplomat
Jawed Ahmad (Jojo) (1986–2009), Afghan reporter working for Canadian CTV, arrested by American troops in 2007
Jawed Siddiqi, Pakistani computer scientist

Javed

Javed Iqbal (disambiguation), several people
Javed Khan (cricketer) (born 1990), Indian cricketer who plays for Mumbai
Javed Khan (charity executive), British chief executive of Barnardo's
Javed Khan Amrohi, Indian film and television actor
Javed Ali Khan (born 1962), Member of the Parliament of India representing Uttar Pradesh
Javed Khan Nawab Bahadur (1695–1754) head eunuch and influential court official in the late Mughal Empire
Javed Akhtar (cricketer) (1940–2016), Pakistani cricketer
Javed Ashraf Qazi (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), former High Commissioner of Pakistan to Canada
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 Miandad (born 1957), Pakistani cricketer
Javed Qureshi (born 1960), 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), Pakistani cricketer
Javed Ahmadi (born 1992), Afghan cricketer
Javed Ali (born 1982), Indian playback singer

Agha Javed Pathan (1972–2018), political activist from Sindh, Pakistan, accused of shoe throwing on Arbab Ghulam Rahim
Javed Ahmed Khan (born 1956), politician of the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) party
Javed Khan (politician) (born 1956), Indian politician, Minister for Disaster Management in the Government of West Bengal
Javed Khan (actor) (born 1962), Indian film and television actor and former model
Javed Nasir (1936–2024), three-star general of the Pakistan Army
Javed Siddiqui (born 1942), Hindi and Urdu screenwriter, dialogue writer and playwright from India
Javed Abidi (1965–2018), director of the National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People in India
Javed Ashraf Bajwa, Pakistan Army engineer officer
Javed Burki (born 1938), Pakistani cricketer
Shahid Javed Burki (born 1938), Pakistani economist, Vice President of the World Bank, caretaker Finance Minister of Pakistan
Muhammad Javed Buttar (born 1947), former justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan
Javed Hashmi (born 1948), Pakistani politician
Javed Jabbar, Pakistani writer and politician, former information minister
Javed Afridi (born 1983), Emirati business executive and entrepreneur

Javaid

Javaid Laghari (born 1960), chairperson of the Higher Education of Pakistan
Javaid Siddiqi, American educator and politician

Javid

Javid Taghiyev (boxer) (born 1981), Azerbaijani boxer
Javid Taghiyev (footballer) (born 1992), Azerbaijani footballer
Javid Huseynov (born 1988), Azerbaijani footballer
Javid Imamverdiyev (born 1990), Azerbaijani footballer (midfielder)

Surname

Pakistan

There is no tradition of Pakistani surnames. Jawed is not one of the traditional family names, but it may be chosen as a "secondary" name, and it may have been picked as surname by expatriates in western countries.

Hamid Javaid (1947–2019), former Pakistan Army general, Chief of Staff to President Pervez Musharraf 2001–2007
Kanza Javed, Pakistani author and poet
Tariq Javed (born 1949), Pakistani-born Canadian cricketer
Nasir Javed (born 1966), Pakistani born American cricketer
Mohammad Javed (born 1969), Pakistani cricketer
Aaqib Javed (born 1972), Pakistani cricketer and coach
Amjad Javed (born 1980), cricketer who has played one One Day International for the United Arab Emirates
Sana Javed (cricketer) (born 1983), Pakistani cricketer
Sana Javed (actress) (born 1993), Pakistani film and television actress

British Pakistani

Sajid Javid (born 1969), Conservative Party MP
Umran Javed (born 1979), British convicted terrorist supporter

Iran

Behrouz Javid-Tehrani (born 1978), Iranian student arrested following the Iran student protests of July, 1999

Azerbaijan

Huseyn Javid (1882–1941), Azerbaijani poet and playwright of the early 20th century

References

↑ Name History and Origin for Javed; ; Persian name derived from the word jawid; Javed at behindthename.com; Steingass, A Comprehensive Persian-English Dictionary s.v. جاود^{[link removed]}
↑ "'Javid Shah!' Why Iranians are calling for their king". The Jerusalem Post. 2026-01-01. ISSN 0792-822X. Retrieved 2026-01-09.
↑ Martin Schwartz, 'Pouruchista’s Gathic Wedding and the Teleological Composition of the Gathas', in: Exegisti Monumenta: Festschrift in Honour of Nicholas Sims-Williams (2009), p. 441, fn 24.

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