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Azad

/ah-ZAHD/ MasculinePersian

Meaning

Azad is a masculine name of Persian origin meaning “free”.

Azad is the Persian word for free, resonant across Iran, Kurdistan, and South Asia, where the independence leader Maulana Abul Kalam Azad took it as his pen name. In classical Persian the azad also named the cypress, the free tree, straight and unbowed.

Common among Persian, Kurdish, and South Asian families.

At a glance

Origin
Persian
Gender
Masculine
Pronounced
/ah-ZAHD/
Themes
Freedom

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Questions

  • Azad is a masculine name of Persian origin meaning “free”. Azad is the Persian word for free, resonant across Iran, Kurdistan, and South Asia, where the independence leader Maulana Abul Kalam Azad took it as his pen name.

  • Azad is traditionally a masculine (boy) name. Common among Persian, Kurdish, and South Asian families.

  • The name Azad comes from Persian. Azad is the Persian word for free, resonant across Iran, Kurdistan, and South Asia, where the independence leader Maulana Abul Kalam Azad took it as his pen name. In classical Persian the azad also named the cypress, the free tree, straight and unbowed.

  • Azad is pronounced ah-ZAHD.

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Names that share this meaning.

  1. Akash MasculineSanskrit“sky, open space”
  2. Azadeh FemininePersian“free, noble-spirited”
  3. Bahari MasculineSwahili“ocean, sea”
  4. Blythe FeminineEnglish“carefree, merry”
  5. Caroline FeminineGermanic via French“free woman”
  6. Charles MasculineGermanic“free man”