Asad
A boys’ name of Arabic origin, meaning lion.
Asad by the numbers
In 2025, 32 babies in England and Wales were named Asad. In the US, 62 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Asad. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Asad
Names that are said the same way as Asad, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Assadlion12 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a lion
Like Asad, each of these has a lion in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Asad
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