Hamid refers to two different but related Arabic given names, both of which come from the Arabic triconsonantal root of

Ḥ-M-D ( ar, ح-م-د, he, ח-מ-ד) is the triconsonantal root of many Arabic and some Hebrew words. Many of those words are used as names. The basic meaning expressed by the root is "to praise" in Arabic and "to desire" in Hebrew.'' A Concise Hebrew a ...

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Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic languages, Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C ...

: حَامِد ''ḥāmid'') also spelled Haamed, Hamid or Hamed, and in Turkish

Hamit Hamit is the Turkish spelling of the Arabic masculine given name Hamid. People named Hamit include: * Hamit Altıntop, Turkish footballer * Hamit Kaplan, Turkish sport wrestler * Hamit Karakus, Dutch politician * Hamit Zübeyir Koşay, Turkish ...

; it means "lauder" or "one who praises". # (

: حَمِيد ''ḥamīd'') also spelled Hamid, or Hameed, in Turkish is

, and in Azeri is Həmid or Һәмид; it means "lauded" or "praiseworthy".

Given name

Hamid

Hamid Ahmadi (historian) Hamid Ahmadi (born April 15, 1945 in Sari, Iran) is a historian of modern Iranian history. He received his Msc in Naval Studies, M.A. in Political Science and worked on his Ph.D in this field at the Free University of Berlin. Ahmadi was a member ...

(b. 1945), Iranian historian *

Hamid Ahmadi (futsal) Hamid Ahmadi Dazaj ( fa, حمید احمدی دزج; born 24 November 1988) is an Iranian professional futsal player. He is currently a member of Mes Sungun FSC, Mes Sungun in the Iranian Futsal Super League. Honours Country * FIFA Futsal ...

(b. 1988), Iranian futsal player *

Hamid Ahmadieh Hamid Ahmadieh is an Iranian ophthalmologist, medical scientist, and pioneer specializing on the retina of the eye. He is also the founder of Iranian Vitreoretina Society. He is currently a professor of ophthalmology at Shahid Beheshti Universit ...

, Iranian ophthalmologist and medical scientist *

Hamid Al Shaeri Hamid Al-Shaeri ( ar, حميد الشاعري; born Abdel-Hamid Ali Ahmed; 29 November 1961) is an Egyptian-Libyan singer, songwriter, and musician residing in Cairo. He is known as representative of Westernized synthesizer in ...

, Egyptian-Libyan singer, songwriter, and musician *

Hamid Arasly Hamid Mammadtaghi oglu Arasly ( az, Həmid Hacı Məmmədtağı oğlu Araslı; 23 February 1902–20 November 1983) was an Azerbaijani literary critic, Doctor of Sciences in Philology, and an academic at the Azerbaijan National Academy of Scienc ...

, Azeri and Soviet scientist * Hamid Arzulu, Azerbaijani poet and writer * Hamid Berhili (born 1964), Moroccan boxer *

Hamid Mahmood Butt Hamid Mahmood Butt ( ur, ) is the former principal of Services Institute of Medical Sciences, chair of Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, and patron of Services Hospital. He served as the ex-Chair of Department of Ophthalmology and ...

, Pakistani ophthalmologist *

Hamid Chitchian Hamid Chitchian ( fa, حمید چیت‌چیان, born 21 March 1957) is an Iranian politician and the former intelligence head. He had been energy minister of Iran from 15 August 2013 until 20 August 2017. Early life Chitchian was born in Tabr ...

(born c. 1957), Iranian politician *

Hamid Drake Hamid Drake (born August 3, 1955) is an American jazz drummer and percussionist. By the close of the 1990s, Hamid Drake was widely regarded as one of the best percussionists in jazz and improvised music. Incorporating Afro-Cuban, Indian, and Afr ...

, American musician *

Hamid Etemad Hamid Etemad (born 1945) is a Canadian organizational theorist, and Professor at the Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University. He is best known for his work on international entrepreneurship and business, specifically the "international ...

, Iranian professor * Hamid Frangieh (1907–1981), Lebanese politician * Hamid Gabbay, Iranian-born American architect *

Hamid Ghandehari Hamid Ghandehari is an Iranian-American drug delivery research scientist, and a professor in the Departments of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Utah. His research is focused in recombina ...

, Iranian-American drug chemist *

Hamid Gul Lieutenant General Hamid Gul ( ur, ‎; 20 November 1936 – 15 August 2015) was a three-star rank army general in the Pakistan Army and defence analyst. Gul was notable for serving as the Director-General of the Inter-Services Intelligenc ...

, Pakistani politician * Hamid Guska, head coach of Bosnian national boxing team * Hamid Hassani (born 1968), Iranian lexicographer * Hamid Ismailov, Uzbek journalist *

Hamid Karzai Hamid Karzai (; Pashto/ fa, حامد کرزی, , ; born 24 December 1957) is an Afghan statesman who served as the fourth president of Afghanistan from July 2002 to September 2014, including as the first elected president of the Islamic Repub ...

, President of Afghanistan from 2002 to 2014 * Hamid Hussain Musavi, Indian scholar * Hamid Notghi, Iranian Azeri poet, writer, author, university professor * Hamid Olimjon (1909–1944), Uzbek poet and scholar * Hamid Ekrem Šahinović, Bosnian writer and dramatist *

Hamid Naderi Yeganeh Hamid Naderi Yeganeh ( fa, حمید نادری یگانه; born July 26, 1990 in Iran) is an Iranian mathematical artist and digital artist. He is known for using mathematical formulas to create drawings of real-life objects, intricate and symme ...

, Iranian mathematical artist

Hamed / Hameed

* Hamed Gohar, Egyptian oceanographer *

Hamed Haddadi Hamed Ehdadi Haddadi ( fa, حامد حدادی, , born May 19, 1985) is an Iranian professional basketball player for Sichuan Blue Whales of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He plays at the center position and is 7'2" (2.18 meters) tall a ...

, Iranian basketball player *

Hameed Haroon Pakistan Herald Limited, doing business as the Dawn Media Group, is a Pakistani media company based in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It publishes the ''Dawn'' newspaper and operates a TV channel, radio stations and websites. It is a listed member ...

, Pakistani economist * Hamed Namouchi, Tunisian footballer * Hameed Nizami, Pakistani journalist * Hamed Rasouli, Iranian footballer * Hamed Sohrabnejad, Iranian basketball player *

Hamed Traorè Hamed Junior Traorè (born 16 February 2000) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for club Napoli, on loan from club Bournemouth, and the Ivory Coast national team. Early life Born in Abidjan, Ivory Coa ...

, Ivorian footballer

Middle name

Abed Hamed Mowhoush Abed Hamed Mowhoush (Arabic "عبد حمد مهاوش") was an air vice-marshal believed to be in command of the transport, logistics and airlifting division of the Iraqi Air Force during the regime of Saddam Hussein immediately prior to the 2003 ...

, Iraqi general *

Awad Hamed al-Bandar Awad Hamad al-Bandar ( ar, عواد حمد البندر السعدون, ʿAwād Ḥamad al-Bandar al-Saʿdūn; (2 January 1945 – 15 January 2007) was an Iraqi chief judge under Saddam Hussein's presidency. He was a member of the Arab Socialist ...

, Iraqi chief judge *

Mohammad Hamid Ansari Mohammad Hamid Ansari (; born 1 April 1937) is an Indian politician and retired Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer who was the 12th vice president of India from 2007 to 2017. Ansari joined the IFS in 1961. In a diplomatic career spanning 3 ...

(born 1937), vice-president of India

Surname

* Alejandro Hamed, Paraguayan diplomat and Arabist *

Amir Hamed Amir Hamed (11 May 1962 – 20 November 2017) was a Uruguayan writer, essayist and translator. Background and education Born in Montevideo, he earned a degree in literature from the University of the Republic and a doctorate in Hispanoamerican l ...

, Uruguayan writer and translator *

Amr Hamed Amr Mohamed Hamed (عمرو محمد حامد) (also Amer AhmedMichelle Shephard, "Guantanamo's Child", 2008.) was a Canadian who died in the American bombing of an Afghan training camp on August 20, 1998, as retaliation for the African embassy bo ...

, Canadian terrorist *

Ezzedin Yacoub Hamed Izz al-Din Yacoub is a retired Egyptian Long Jumper. Achievements See also *Egyptian athletes Egyptian athletes have won Track and Field medals in African, Pan Arab Games and international athletic events. Most of the gold medals in African o ...

, Egyptian Long Jumper *

Haseeb Hameed Haseeb Hameed (born 17 January 1997) is an English professional cricketer who plays internationally for the England cricket team, England Test cricket team. In domestic cricket, he represents Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club, Nottinghamshire ...

, English cricketer * Ibrahim Hamed, Hamas military commander *

Mohsin Hamid Mohsin Hamid ( ur, محسن حامد; born 23 July 1971) is a British Pakistani novelist, writer and brand consultant. His novels are ''Moth Smoke'' (2000), ''The Reluctant Fundamentalist'' (2007), ''How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia'' (201 ...

(born 1971), Pakistani British author *

Jasmin Hamid Jasmin Hamid (born 18 February 1984, Helsinki) is a Finnish actress, politician and investor. As an actress, Hamid is most known for playing a character named ''Katariina Mäkelä'' in the popular Finnish television soap opera Salatut Elämät. Ha ...

, Finnish actress * Mohamed Naguib Hamed, Egyptian athlete * Naseem Hamed, British boxer *

Nima Arkani-Hamed Nima Arkani-Hamed ( fa, نیما ارکانی حامد; born April 5, 1972) is an American-Canadian

, Canadian-American theoretical physicist *

Rani Hamid Rani Hamid (born 14 July 1944) is a Bangladeshi chess player who became the country's first Woman International Master in 1985. She has become the national champion a total of 20 times. She is the current national champion crowned on the 38th Wo ...

(born 1944), Bangladeshi chess player *

Sanaa Ismail Hamed Sanaa Ismail Hamed ( ar, سناء إسماعيل حامد; born 1984) is a beauty pageant contestant who represented Egypt in Miss World 2008 in South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmos ...

, Egyptian model * Taha Bidaywi Hamed, Iraqi politician *

Yasmeen Hameed Yasmeen Hameed ( ur, ) is a Pakistani Urdu poet, translator and an educator. Career Yasmeen Hameed has more than thirty years of experience in the fields of education, literature and art. She was the Founding Director of Gurmani Centre for Sou ...

, Pakistani Urdu poet *

Zid Abou Hamed Zid Abou Hamed ( ar, زيد أبو حامد; born 4 April 1970) is an Australian-Syrian former track and field athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles. Career Hamed originally began to compete for his birth country Syria. He represent ...

, Australian athlete

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