MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Masud mean?
Masud comes from Arabic masʿūd, a participle expressing happiness and good fortune. Its root is the same one used in Saad and Saeed, names connected with felicity.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
मसऊद
Conventional spelling
Arabic
مسعود
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Masud in Indian usage
2,386 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (89.5%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 250 records (10.5%).
- Recorded as male: 2,136 records (89.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 177 |
| 1960s | 417 |
| 1970s | 683 |
| 1980s | 715 |
| 1990s | 293 |
| Other decades | 101 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 1,039 |
| Maharashtra | 556 |
| Jharkhand | 213 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 172 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 150 |
| Other states | 256 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- Wiktionary: مسعود ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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- Behind the Name: Masud ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.