Essad

Essad is a male name .

Origin and meaning

Essad is a German transcription for Ottoman اسعد, DMG Esʿad . The name comes from Arabicاسعد, DMG Asʿad and means "very happy, extremely happy, happiest".

variants

• Albanian : Esat , Esad
• arabic :أسعد, DMG Asʿad
• Bosnian : Esad
• North Azerbaijani : Əs'əd
• Persian :اسعد, DMG Asʿad
• South Azerbaijani :اسعد, DMG Äsʿäd
• Turkish : Esat
• urdu :اسعد, DMG Asʿad

Name bearer

• Essad Bey (aka Lev Nussimbaum) (1905–1942), Jewish convert to Islam and writer
• Essad Pascha Toptani (1863–1920), Ottoman military and Albanian politician