Ahwad (Name)

Ahwad (transliteration: Ahwad, Arabic: أهود) is an Arabic name for boys that meant “Monday” in pre-Islamic times.¹ It was also the name of an Arabian tribe.²

There is one Companion of the Prophet Muhammad named Ahwad:

• Ahwad bin Iyadh al-Azdi أهود بن عياض الأزدي

Below is the name Ahwad written in Arabic naskh script:

Below is the name Ahward written in Arabic kufi script:

1. Taaj al-Aroos by Murtada al-Zabidi (d. 1790 CE), entry for هود.
2. Ibid.