Saad
"SAAD" redirects here. For other uses, see Saad (disambiguation).
Saad (Arabic: سعد, Saʿd) (also spelled Sa'ad) is a common male Arabic given name that means felicity, prosperity, successful and good luck. It may be a shortened version of Sa'd al-Din, and is not to be confused with Sa‘id. It is not the same as the single Arabic letter 'sad' which has no intrinsic meaning.
It may refer to:
General
- Banu Sa'ad, a Saudi tribe
- Sa'ad (kibbutz), Israeli village
First name
- Sa`d ibn Abi Waqqas, a companion of Muhammad
- Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, former Emir of Kuwait
- Saad Shaddad Al-Asmari, Saudi Arabian runner
- Saad Attiya, Iraqi footballer
- Saad Albazei, Saudi Arabian intellectual
- Saad Awad, American mixed martial artist of Palestinian descent
- Mohammad Ibn Sa'd al-Baghdadi, aka Ibn Sa'd, often called Katib ul-Waqidi, the scribe of Waqidi
- Saad Benyamin, Iraqi international football (soccer) player
- Saad Eskander, Iraqi-Kurdish academic and researcher
- Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli, Kuwaiti football referee
- Sa'ad Al-Faqih, Saudi dissident
- Saad Haddad, Lebanese military personnel
- Saad Hafeez, Danish cricketer
- Saad Hariri, Lebanese politician, former Prime Minister of Lebanon
- Saad Haroon, Pakistani comedian
- Saad Al-Harthi, Saudi Arabian footballer
- Saad Hayel Srour, Jordanian politician
- Saad Ichalalène, Algerian football (soccer) player
- Saad Janjua, Singaporean-Pakistani cricketer
- Saad Khader, Saudi Arabian television actor, director and producer
- Sa'ad Khair, Jordanian Intelligence and security official
- Saad Khalid, Canadian terrorist
- Saad bin Laden, Saudi Arabian al-Qaeda member
- Saad Mamoun, Egyptian military commander
- Saad Madhi Saad Howash Al Azmi, Kuwaiti detainee in Guantanamo
- Saad Mohseni, Afghani-Australian businessman
- Saʿd ibn Muaʿdh, Arabian tribal leader and early convert to Islam
- Saʿd ibn Abd al-Rahman, brother and supporter of Ibn Saud, the founder of modern Saudi Arabia
- Saâd Sahraoui, Algerian football (soccer) player
- Saad Salman, Iraqi-French film director
- Saad Al-Shammari, Qatari footballer
- Saad el-Shazly, Egyptian military personality
- Saad Tawfiq, Moroccan ice hockey player
- Saad Tedjar, Algerian football (soccer) player
- Saad Bin Tefla, Kuwaiti businessman and politician
- Sa'd ibn Ubadah, Arabian tribal leader and early convert to Islam
- Saad Bin Zafar, Pakistan-Canadian cricket player
- Saad Zaghloul, Egyptian Prime Minister and anti-imperialist leader
Middle name
- Muhammad Saad Iqbal, Pakistani detainee in Guantanamo
- Yusuf Saad Kamel, a Kenyan-born Bahraini professional athlete (runner)
- Abdul Aziz Sa'ad Al-Khaldi, Saudi Arabian detainee in Guantanamo
- Bilal Saad Mubarak, Qatari sportsman (shot putter)
- Khalid Saad Mohammed, Saudi Arabian detainee in Guantanamo
- Salman Saad Al Khadi Mohammed, Saudi Arabian detainee in Guantanamo
- Matthew Saad Muhammad (born Maxwell Antonio Loach), a former American boxer, also former world light heavyweight champion
- Ahmed Saad Osman, Libyan football player
- Khawaja Saad Rafique, Pakistani politician
- Amin Saad Muhammad al-Zumari, Yemeni-Saudi suspected terrorist
Family name
- Abbas Saad, Australian former international football (soccer) player of Lebanese origin
- Ahmed Saad (Australian footballer), Australian rules football player of Egyptian descent
- Baba Saad, or just Saad, a German rapper of Lebanese origin
- Brandon Saad, American ice hockey player of Libyan origin
- Emmanuel Saad, Egyptian Coptic composer, music arranger
- Emir Saad, real name Alan Digorsky, Ossetian Islamist militant and the first leader of the Ossetian Jamaat Kataib al-Khoul
- Ezzat Saad, Egyptian diplomat
- Gad Saad, Jewish-Canadian behavioral scientist and university professor
- Felipe Saad, Brazilian football (soccer) player
- Ghanim Bin Saad Al Saad, Qatari businessman
- Habib Pacha Es-Saad, Lebanese politician and former Prime Minister
- Halim Saad, Malaysian businessman
- Hasballah M. Saad, Indonesian politician
- Henry Saad, American Michigan-based judge
- John Saad, Sierra Leonean politician of Lebanese descent
- Khaled Saad, Jordanian football (soccer) player
- Mahmoud Saad, Egyptian football (soccer) player
- Malik Saad, Pakistani senior police officer, engineer
- Matías Saad, Argentine professional football (soccer) player
- Margit Saad, German film and television actress
- Mohamed Saad, Egyptian film actor
- Naeem Saad, Kuwaiti football (soccer) player
- Natasja Saad, late Danish rapper
- Nicolás Saad, Argentinean film director
- Razali Saad, Singaporean football (soccer) player
- Roberto Saad, former Argentinean professional tennis player
- Rola Saad, Lebanese pop singer and model
- Rola Saad (entertainer), Lebanese pan-Arab television personality, producing well-known television shows including the Arab version of Star Academy
- Salem Saad, Emirati football (soccer) player
- Shahrizal Saad, Malaysian football (soccer) player
- Siti binti Saad, Tanzanian taraab artist
- Soony Saad, Arab-American soccer player
- Syamsul Saad, Malaysian football (soccer) player
- Tanjib Ahsan Saad, Bangladeshi cricket player
- Waseelah Saad, Yemeni track and field sprint athlete
- Yousef Saad, Americann I.T. Computer Science professor of Algerian origin
See also
- Saad (disambiguation)
- Saadallah, disambiguation
- Sa'd al-Din / Saad Eddin (disambiguation)