Javad

Javad (جواد) is a Persian variant of the Arabic boy's name Jawad. In Shahrak-e Gharb it is also used as a metonym for the residents of Javadieh.^[1]

Javad (جواد) is the Muslim name meaning "righteous". People with this name include:

Well-known people

Javad Owji (born 1966), Iranian oil engineer and politician.
Mohammad Javad Zarif Khansari (born 8 January 1960) is an Iranian career diplomat and academic.
Javad Nekounam (born 7 September 1980) is an Iranian retired professional footballer.
Javad Ezzati (born 10 January 1982) is an Iranian actor.
Javad Nurbakhsh (10 December 1926 – 10 October 2008) was the Master of the Nimatullahi Sufi Order from 1953 until his death. He was also a psychiatrist and a successful writer in the fields of both psychiatry and Sufi mysticism.
Javad Kazemian (born 23 April 1981 in Kashan, Iran) is an Iranian football winger.
Javad Safaee (born 1 January 2001 ) Iranian Actor and Musician.
Javad Marandi OBE (born February 1968) is a British businessman and property developer, with investments in commercial and residential real estate.
Dr. Javad Parvizi is an American Board Certified Orthopaedic Surgeon and the director of clinical research at the Rothman Orthopaedic Institute, Philadelphia.
Javad Alizadeh (born 9 January 1953) is an Iranian professional cartoonist best known for his caricatures of politicians.
Javad Mojabi (born 14 October 1939 in Qazvin, Iran) is an Iranian poet, writer, researcher, and literary and art critic.

References

^ Shahram Khosravi - Young and Defiant in Tehran 2011- p. 70 , "Javad is an Arabic boy's name, but in Shahrak-e Gharb it is used as a metonym for the residents of Javadieh. As I already mentioned, this is a lower-class neighborhood in south Tehran, generally inhabited by second- or third-generation migrants from rural Azerbaijan. Among Shahraki youths, javad is a reference to the working-class and “backward” attributes of the young men living there. Young people frequently use the term when they talk about south Tehranis. There is also a less ...

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[1] Shahram Khosravi - Young and Defiant in Tehran 2011- p. 70 , "Javad is an Arabic boy's name, but in Shahrak-e Gharb it is used as a metonym for the residents of Javadieh. As I already mentioned, this is a lower-class neighborhood in south Tehran, generally inhabited by second- or third-generation migrants from rural Azerbaijan. Among Shahraki youths, javad is a reference to the working-class and “backward” attributes of the young men living there. Young people frequently use the term when they talk about south Tehranis. There is also a less ...

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