Sayyid (name)

For the title and etymology of it, see Sayyid.

Sayyid (also spelt Saiyed, Seyit, Seyd, Said, Syed, Sayed, Sayyed, Saiyid, Seyed and Seyyed) (Arabic: سيد [ˈsæj.jɪd], Persian: [sejˈjed]; meaning "Mister"; plural: Sadat Arabic: سادة sādah is a masculine name given to descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It is not to be confused with Sa‘id (or Saeed, pronounced [sa'ʕiːd]).

Given name

• Said Alam, Pakistani pediatric surgeon and political activist
• Syed Abul Maksud, Bangladeshi writer and columnist
• Syed Ahmed Khan, Indian educator and politician
• Syed Ahmed, British Bangladeshi entrepreneur
• Sayed Awad, Egyptian composer
• Sayed Darwish, Egyptian singer
• Syed Farid, Indian footballer
• Syed Faruk, Singaporean football manager
• Sayed Gouda, Egyptian poet
• Sayed Haider, Bangladeshi physician and Language Movement activist
• Syed Hussain, Indian politician
• Syed Ibrahim, Indian Sufi
• Syed Kirmani, Indian cricketer
• Syed Mahmud, Indian politician
• Syed Manzoorul Islam, Bangladeshi author
• Syed Masood, fictional character, mispronounced as Sa‘id
• Sayed Moawad, Egyptian footballer
• Sayed Mosaad, Egyptian footballer
• Syed Mujtaba Ali, Bengali author
• Sayyid Qutb, Egyptian pan-Islamist
• Syed Shamsul Haque, Bangladeshi poet
• Syed Sheh Hassan Barakbah, Malaysian judge
• Syed Ziaur Rahman, Indian scientist & pharmacologist
• Syed Yazid, Malaysian unionist
• Sayyed Mahmud Khan, Great and powerful general in Akbar's army
• Saif Khan Barha, Chief of Sayyeds of Barha in Jahangir's time
• Sayed Yusuf, Indian field hockey player
• Syed Rashid Ali, Danish cricketer
• Syed Sadequain Ahmed Naqvi, Pakistani artist referred to as Sadequain

Surname

• G. M. Syed, Pakistani politician
• Mohamed Elsayed, Egyptian boxer
• Nader El-Sayed, Egyptian footballer
• Shahi Sayed, Pakistani politician
• Khalid Al-Sayyid, Lebanese actor and voice actor