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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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: حَمِيد ''ḥamīd'') also spelled Hamid, or Hameed, in Turkish is Hamit, and in Azeri is Həmid or Һәмид; it means "lauded" or "praiseworthy".

Given name

Hamid

* Hamid Ahmadi (historian) (b. 1945), Iranian historian * Hamid Ahmadi (futsal) (b. 1988), Iranian futsal player * Hamid Ahmadieh, 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 Science ...

, 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 Services Hospital, located on Jail Road, Lahore, in Punj ...

, Pakistani ophthalmologist * Hamid Chitchian (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, Iranian professor *

Hamid Frangieh Hamid Frangieh (6 August 1907 – 5 September 1981) was a Lebanese member of the Parliament of Lebanon and held numerous ministerial positions in the Lebanese government. He was one of the Maronite leaders of Lebanon. Early life Hamid was b ...

(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 Hamid Olimjon (sometimes spelled Hamid Alimjan in English; uz, Ҳамид Олимжон; Hamid Olimjon; russian: Хамид Алимджан; Khamid Alimdzhan; 12 December 1909 – 3 July 1944) was an Uzbek poet, playwright, scholar, and liter ...

(1909–1944), Uzbek poet and scholar *

Hamid Ekrem Šahinović Hamid Ekrem Šahinović (1879/1882 – 30 December 1936) was a Bosnian writer and dramatist. He was editor of ''Muslimanska svijest'' ( en, Muslim Consciousness), a Bosnian-language newspaper supporting the Young Turks political reform movement ...

, 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 Hamed Abdel Fattah Goher (15 November 1907 – 17 June 1992) ( ar, حامد عبد الفتاح جوهر) was an Egyptian oceanographer, scientist and TV presenter. He appeared for over 18 years in his program ''The World of the Seas''. He wa ...

, 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 ...

, 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 membe ...

, Pakistani economist * Hamed Namouchi, Tunisian footballer * Hameed Nizami, Pakistani journalist *

Hamed Rasouli Hamed Rasouli (born 18 January 1985) is an Iranian football player. He currently plays for the IPL club PAS Hamedan as a striker. Club career A product of the Sepahan's youth system, Rasouli was drafted into the first team for the IPL 2006 ...

, Iranian footballer * Hamed Sohrabnejad, Iranian basketball player * Hamed Traorè, Ivorian footballer

Middle name

* Abed Hamed Mowhoush, Iraqi general * Awad Hamed al-Bandar, Iraqi chief judge * Mohammad Hamid Ansari (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 ...

, Uruguayan writer and translator * Amr Hamed, Canadian terrorist * Ezzedin Yacoub Hamed, Egyptian Long Jumper *

Haseeb Hameed Haseeb Hameed (born 17 January 1997) is an English professional cricketer who plays internationally for the England Test cricket team. In domestic cricket, he represents Nottinghamshire, having previously played for Lancashire. Hameed made h ...

, English cricketer * Ibrahim Hamed, Hamas military commander * Mohsin Hamid (born 1971), Pakistani British author * Jasmin Hamid, 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 Miss World 2008, the 58th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 13 December 2008 at the ...

, 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, Australian athlete

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