Jawdat (also spelled Gawdat in Egyptian Arabic) is a male given name of Arabic origin. Notable people with the name include:

Gawdat

Gawdat Bahgat (born 1960s), American political scientist Gawdat Gabra (born 1947), Egyptian Coptologist Gawdat al-Malt (born 1935), Egyptian politician Mo Gawdat (born 1967), Egyptian author

Jawdat Ali Jawdat al-Aiyubi (1886–1969), Iraqi politician Jawdat Ibrahim, Israeli-Arab businessman Jawdat Said (1931–2022), Syrian Islamic scholar

See also

Cevdet, the Turkish form of the name