Javad
Javad ( Arabic جواد, DMG Ǧawād , also Javad or Jawad ) is an Arabic male given name .
Well-known namesake
- Muhammad al-Jawād (811-835), ninth imam according to the belief of the Twelve Shiites (Imamites)
- Mohammad Jawad Bahonar (1933–1981), Shiite clergyman and Iranian politician
- Jawad al-Bulani (* 1960), Iraqi politician
- Javad Davari (born 1983), Iranian basketball player
- Jawad Ghaziyar , Afghan singer
- Javad Kazemian (* 1981), Iranian soccer player
- Javad Khan (17 ** - 1804), Great Khan of the Khanate of Gəncə
- Javad al-Maliki (* 1950), Iraqi politician, better known as Nuri al-Maliki
- Javad Nekounam (* 1980), Iranian soccer player
- Javad Nurbakhsh (1926-2008), Muslim mystic