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Jawid (Persian: جاويد, romanized: Jāwīd), also spelled Jawed, Jawayd, Javid, Javaid, Javed and other variants, is a masculine given name of Persian origin meaning "long life" or "eternal".

The name is from Modern Persian jāwid جاود "eternal". The word continues Middle Persian jāwīd, from an Old Persian *yāvaitat, ultimately from *yauu-, Iranian oblique stem of *āiuu- "age, duration", cognate with Greek αἰών "eon".

It is also chosen as a pseudonym by some, such as Huseyn Javid (Huseyn Abdulla oglu Rasizadeh) in the early 20th century. The given name became popular among Indian Muslims from about the 1940s, and remains a popular name for baby boys in Pakistan. Notable people with the name include:

Jawaid

Jawaid Iqbal (born 1972), Pakistani-born Hong Kong cricketer

Jawaid Iqbal (professor), Indian academic and university vice-chancellor

Jawaid Khaliq (born 1970), British professional boxer

Jawid

Jawid Mojaddedi, Afghan researcher and professor

Jawid Safi, Afghan cricketer

Jawed

Jawed Sheikh (born 1954), Pakistani actor

Jawed Karim (born 1979), German-American software engineer and entrepreneur, co-founder of YouTube

Jawed Habib, Indian politician and hairstylist

Mubashar Jawed Akbar (born 1951), Indian journalist and author

Jawed Wassel (1959–2001), Afghan-American film director

Jawed Ludin (born 1973), Afghan diplomat

Jawed Ahmad (Jojo) (1986–2009), Afghan reporter working for Canadian CTV, arrested by American troops in 2007

Jawed Siddiqi, Pakistani computer scientist

Javed

Javed Iqbal (disambiguation), several people

Javed Khan (cricketer) (born 1990), Indian cricketer who plays for Mumbai

Javed Khan (charity executive), British chief executive of Barnardo's

Javed Khan Amrohi, Indian film and television actor

Javed Ali Khan (born 1962), Member of the Parliament of India representing Uttar Pradesh

Javed Khan Nawab Bahadur (1695–1754) head eunuch and influential court official in the late Mughal Empire

Javed Akhtar (cricketer) (1940–2016), Pakistani cricketer

Javed Ashraf Qazi (born 1941), Pakistani general, politician, Senator in the Parliament of Pakistan

Javed Akhtar (born 1945), poet, lyricist and scriptwriter from India

Musa Javed Chohan (born 1948), former High Commissioner of Pakistan to Canada

Javed Ahmad Ghamidi (born 1951), Pakistani Muslim theologian, Quran scholar and exegete

Javed Sheikh (born 1954), Pakistani actor, director and producer

Muhammad Javed Ikhlas (born 1955), Pakistani politician

Javed Miandad (born 1957), Pakistani cricketer

Javed Qureshi (born 1960), Pakistani cricketer and the first captain of the Pakistan U19 cricket team

Javed Jaffrey (born 1963), Indian actor, dancer, comedian, impressionist

Javed Kurd (born 1967), Pakistani-Norwegian music producer

Javed Omar (born 1976), Bangladeshi cricketer

Javed Qadeer (born 1976), Pakistani cricketer

Javed Ahmadi (born 1992), Afghan cricketer

Javed Ali (born 1982), Indian playback singer

Agha Javed Pathan (1972–2018), political activist from Sindh, Pakistan, accused of shoe throwing on Arbab Ghulam Rahim

Javed Ahmed Khan (born 1956), politician of the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) party

Javed Khan (politician) (born 1956), Indian politician, Minister for Disaster Management in the Government of West Bengal

Javed Khan (actor) (born 1962), Indian film and television actor and former model

Javed Nasir (1936–2024), three-star general of the Pakistan Army

Javed Siddiqui (born 1942), Hindi and Urdu screenwriter, dialogue writer and playwright from India

Javed Abidi (1965–2018), director of the National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People in India

Javed Ashraf Bajwa, Pakistan Army engineer officer

Javed Burki (born 1938), Pakistani cricketer

Shahid Javed Burki (born 1938), Pakistani economist, Vice President of the World Bank, caretaker Finance Minister of Pakistan

Muhammad Javed Buttar (born 1947), former justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan

Javed Hashmi (born 1948), Pakistani politician

Javed Jabbar, Pakistani writer and politician, former information minister

Javed Afridi (born 1983), Emirati business executive and entrepreneur

Javaid

Javaid Laghari (born 1960), chairperson of the Higher Education of Pakistan

Javaid Siddiqi, American educator and politician

Javid

Javid Taghiyev (boxer) (born 1981), Azerbaijani boxer

Javid Taghiyev (footballer) (born 1992), Azerbaijani footballer

Javid Huseynov (born 1988), Azerbaijani footballer

Javid Imamverdiyev (born 1990), Azerbaijani footballer (midfielder)

Pakistan

There is no tradition of Pakistani surnames. Jawed is not one of the traditional family names, but it may be chosen as a "secondary" name, and it may have been picked as surname by expatriates in western countries.

Hamid Javaid (1947–2019), former Pakistan Army general, Chief of Staff to President Pervez Musharraf 2001–2007

Kanza Javed, Pakistani author and poet

Tariq Javed (born 1949), Pakistani-born Canadian cricketer

Nasir Javed (born 1966), Pakistani born American cricketer

Mohammad Javed (born 1969), Pakistani cricketer

Aaqib Javed (born 1972), Pakistani cricketer and coach

Amjad Javed (born 1980), cricketer who has played one One Day International for the United Arab Emirates

Sana Javed (cricketer) (born 1983), Pakistani cricketer

Sana Javed (actress) (born 1993), Pakistani film and television actress

British Pakistani

Sajid Javid (born 1969), Conservative Party MP

Umran Javed (born 1979), British convicted terrorist supporter

Iran

Behrouz Javid-Tehrani (born 1978), Iranian student arrested following the Iran student protests of July, 1999

Azerbaijan

Huseyn Javid (1882–1941), Azerbaijani poet and playwright of the early 20th century