Asad (Arabic: أسد), sometimes written as Assad, is an Arabic male given name literally meaning "lion".
[1] It is used in nicknames such as Asad Allāh, one of the by-names for Ali ibn Abi Talib.
Among prominent people named "Asad" or "Assad" are: The Al-Assad family is an Alawite family from the Latakia region (specifically Qardaha), which held political power in Syria between 1970 and 2024.
The family has produced two presidents: Other family members include: