Samad
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Arabic |
Samad or Samed (Arabic: صمد, Ṣamad) is a male given name. Aṣ-Ṣamad is one of names of God in the Qur'an.
The name may be used as part of the compound name
- Abdul Samad, whose details can be found on that page
Given name
- Samad al-Shan, noted as an archaeological site
- Samad bey Mehmandarov (1855 - 1931), Azerbaijani-Russian general
- Samad Khan Momtaz os-Saltaneh (1869 – 1955), Iranian diplomat
- Samad Vurgun (1906 - 1956), Azerbaijani-Soviet poet
- Samad Rizvi (1924 – 2009), Pakistani astronomer, physicist, and astrologer
- Samad Behrangi (1939 - 1967), Iranian teacher, social critic, folklorist, translator, and short story writer
- Samad, stage name of Iranian actor Parviz Sayyad (born 1939)
- Samad Marfavi (born 1965), Iranian footballer
- Samad Oppong (born 1968), Ghanaian footballer
- Samad Nikkhah Bahrami (born 1983), Iranian basketball player
- Samed Abdul Awudu (born 1984), Ghanaian footballer
- Samad Shohzukhurov (born 1990), Tajik footballer
- Samed Yeşil (born 1994), Turkish-German footballer
- Samad Rustamov, Uzbek Sambo player
- Samad Taylor, American baseball player
- Saleh Ali al-Sammad, Yemeni politician
Surname
- Ziad Al-Samad (born 1978), Lebanese footballer
- Omar Samad, Afghan diplomat
- Nabil Samad (born 1986), Bangladeshi cricketer
In fiction
- Samad, a character played by Ameet Chana in the British web series Corner Shop Show.
- Samad Iqbal, a main character in the novel White Teeth by Zadie Smith.
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