Sa‘id
Not to be confused with
Sayyid.
| Sa‘id |
| Pronunciation |
Arabic: [ˈsɑʕiːd] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Origin |
| Word/Name |
Arabic |
| Meaning |
Happy |
Sa‘id (also spelled Saeed, Saeid, Said, or Sayid, Arabic: سعيد, Sa‘īd) is a male Arabic given name meaning "happy". For the female version, see Saida (name); for the Turkish variant, see Sait.
Given name
- Saeed Ajmal, Pakistani cricketer
- Saeid Alihosseini (born 1988), Iranian weightlifter
- Said Salim Bakhresa, Tanzanian businessman
- Said Bahaji, German al-Qaeda member
- Saeid Bayat (born 1976), Iranian football midfielder
- Saeid Davarpanah (born 1987), Iranian professional basketball player
- Saeid Ebrahimi (born 1982), Iranian wrestler
- Saeed al-Ghamdi, Saudi Arabian hijacker of United Airlines Flight 93 in the September 11 attacks
- Saeed Hanaei, Iranian serial killer
- Sa'id Hormozi, Iranian musician
- Sultan Said Khan, ruler of Kashgaria in 1514–1533
- Saeid Marouf (born 1985), volleyball player from Iran
- Saeed al-Masri, Egyptian al-Qaeda member
- Saeed Akhtar Mirza (born 1943), Indian film director
- Saeed Nafisi, Iranian scholar
- Saeed Naqvi, Indian journalist
- Said Nursî (1878–1960), Muslim Scholar from Turkey
- Saeid Pirdoost, Iranian actor
- Said Shavershian (born 1986), Australian bodybuilder
- Said Sheikh Samatar, Somali historian
- Said Ali al-Shihri, Saudi Arabian al-Qaeda member
- Said bin Sultan, Sultan of Muscat and Oman (1797–1856)
- Saïd Taghmaoui (born 1973), French actor
- Saeed bin Zaid (593–673), one of the Companions of Muhammed
Abu Sa‘id
Surname
- Abdelmadjid Sidi Said, leader of the Algerian trade union UGTA
- Abdulla Saeed (born 1964), chief justice of the Maldives
- Agha Saeed, chairman of the American Muslim Alliance
- Amina Said (born 1953), poet
- Boris Said (born 1962), American race car driver
- Brian Said (born 1973), Maltese footballer
- Edward Said (1935–2003), Palestinian-American literary critic and theorist
- Hakim Said, (1920–1998), Pakistani physician and scholar
- Samira Said (born 1961), Moroccan pop star
- Wafic Saïd (born 1939), Syrian businessman
Fictional characters
Other uses
- Sa'idi people refers to the inhabitants of Upper Egypt. This term is not linked to the name Sa‘id, as they are two different Arabic words: the former is pronounced and spelled with a Ṣād (thus صعيدي) and the latter, a Sīn.
See also