Ahad (;

Hebrew Hebrew (; ''ʿÎbrit'') is a Northwest Semitic languages, Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family. A regional dialect of the Canaanite languages, it was natively spoken by the Israelites and ...

: אחד; ; ) is a Middle Eastern given forename primarily used by Muslims and Jews. It is also used as a family name (surname) (e.g. Oli Ahad). Ahad is usually used in the Middle East, and it means "Unique".

Given name

* Ahad bint Abdullah Al Busaidi (born 1969), wife of Sultan Haitham bin Tariq of Oman *

Ahad Ha'am Asher Zvi Hirsch Ginsberg (18 August 1856 – 2 January 1927), primarily known by his Hebrew name and pen name Ahad Ha'am (, lit. 'one of the people', ), was a Hebrew journalist and essayist, and one of the foremost pre-state Zionist thinkers. ...

, pen name of Asher Ginsberg (1856–1927), Hebrew writer * Ahad Israfil (1972–2019), American shooting survivor * Ahad Pazaj (born 1970), Iranian wrestler * Ahad Raza Mir (born 1993), Pakistani actor

Surname

* Abdul Ahad (music director) (1918–1996), Bangladeshi musical artist * Ghaith Abdul-Ahad (born 1975), Iraqi journalist * Oli Ahad (1928–2012), Bangladeshi politician * Samia Ahad, Pakistani chef * Nick Ahad (born 1976), English radio presenter, journalist and writer

Fictional character

* Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, a

Levant The Levant ( ) is the subregion that borders the Eastern Mediterranean, Eastern Mediterranean sea to the west, and forms the core of West Asia and the political term, Middle East, ''Middle East''. In its narrowest sense, which is in use toda ...

ine member of the Assassin Order, main character of the videogame series

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Religion

* Al-Aḥad, one of the

Names of God in Islam Names of God in Islam () are 99 names that each contain Attributes of God in Islam, which are implied by the respective names. These names usually denote his praise, gratitude, commendation, glorification, magnification, perfect attributes, ...

References

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