Saad ( ar, سعد , translit=Saʿd) is a common male Arabic given name which means 'friend / companion'. The name stems from the Arabic verb ( 'to be happy, fortunate or lucky'). ''Saad'' is the stem of variant given names

Suad Suad (Arabic: سعاد ''su‘ad'') and the variants Souad, Soad, stems from the Arabic verb ''sa‘ada'' (سَعَدَ - 'to be happy, fortunate or lucky') which the name means "good luck, good fortune, happiness, auspicious, prosperous, favorable" ...

and Sa‘id. It may be a shortened version of Sa'd al-Din, and is not to be confused with it. It is not the same as the single Arabic letter '' ṣād'', which has no intrinsic meaning. It may refer to:

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* Banu Sa'd, a Saudi tribe

First name

Saad Albazei Saad Abdulrahman Albazei is a Saudi intellectual who is known for his critiques of Arabic culture and comparative studies that map the East-West cultural and literary relations. Life Albazei was born in Saudi Arabia in 1953. He completed his uni ...

, Saudi Arabian intellectual * Saad Shaddad Al-Asmari, Saudi Arabian runner * Saad Awad, American mixed martial artist of Palestinian descent *

Saad Benyamin Saad Abdul-Hameed (born 21 October 1968) is an Iraqi former international football player. An ethnic Assyrian, Benyamin played for Al-Zawraa, Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, Al-Shorta, and Club Africain. In 1988, Saad was called up to play for the Iraqi U-19 ...

, Iraqi international football (soccer) player *

Saad Eskander Saad Eskander ( ar, سعد اسکندر; born 1962) is a contemporary Iraqi Kurdish academic and researcher. He was born in Baghdad, joined the Kurdish Peshmerga in 1981 and lived in the mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan for four years, then moved to Ira ...

, Iraqi-Kurdish academic and researcher *

Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli Saad Kameel Al-Fadhli ( ar, سعد كميل) (born January 6, 1963) is a former Kuwaiti football referee, best known for supervising three matches at the 2002 FIFA World Cup held in Japan and South Korea. He was in charge of the FIFA Youth Wor ...

, 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 Saad Haroon is a Pakistani comedian, actor, and writer. He is the creator of the first ever Pakistani improvisational comedy troupe "BlackFish", and was the first Pakistani stand-up comedian to perform in English in cities across Pakistan in h ...

, Pakistani comedian *

Saad Al-Harthi Saad Mish'al Al-Harthi - also transliterated Sa'ad Al-Harthi - ( ar, سعد مشعل الحارثي) is a Saudi Arabian former football striker who played for Saudi Premiership side Al-Nassr FC. He retired from playing football in 2013. Care ...

, Saudi Arabian footballer * Saad Hamdan, Lebanese actor and voice actor *

Saad Hayel Srour Saad Hayel Srour (born 1947) is a Jordanian politician. After entering the House of Representatives during the 11th Parliament he held stints as Minister of Water and Irrigation and later Housing and Works during the early 1990s. He served terms as ...

, Jordanian politician *

Saad Ichalalène Saad Ichalalène (born March 27, 1987 in Saint-Denis, France) is a French-Algerian football coach. He is a former professional football player. Player career PSG Youth Academy Ichalalène joined the youth academy of Paris Saint-Germain at the ...

, Algerian football (soccer) player *

Saad Janjua Saad Khan Janjua (born 7 November 1973) is a Pakistani born Singaporean cricketer. Janjua is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born at Lahore, Punjab. Domestic career Janjua made his first-class debut for Pakistan ...

, Singaporean-Pakistani cricketer *

Saad Khader Saad Khader ( ar, سعد خضر) (born July 3, 1943 ) is a Saudi Arabian television actor, director and producer. He is the first man to present a Saudi film called ''Maw'id Ma' Majhool'' ( en, Date with the unknown). He is considered as one of th ...

, Saudi Arabian television actor, director and producer *

Sa'ad Khair Sa'ad Khair was a Jordanian Intelligence and Security official. Career Between 2000 and 2005, Sa'ad Khair was the head of the newly formed Jordanian National Security Agency,King Abdullah II of Jordan, '' Our Last Best Chance'', New York, New ...

, Jordanian Intelligence and security official *

Saad Khan Saad Khan is an Indian director, screenwriter and acting teacher and Improv comedian who works in films and web series. He is the founder and creative head of FirstAction Studios that recently merged with Mumbai-based media conglomerate Rainsh ...

, Indian film director, screenwriter and acting teacher * Saad Lamjarred, Moroccan pop singer-songwriter, actor and record producer *

Saad Mamoun Lieutenant General Mohammed Saad Eddin Mamoun, usually known in English as Saad Mamoun (14 May 1922 – 28 October 2000), was an Egyptian war hero and was the commander of the Egyptian Second Army during the Yom Kippur War. He was commissioned i ...

, Egyptian military commander * Saad Madhi Saad Howash Al Azmi, Kuwaiti detainee in Guantanamo *

Saad Mohseni Saad Mohseni (Persian: سعد محسنی) is an Afghan Australian businessman and entrepreneur. He is the chairman and chief executive officer of MOBY Group, launched in Afghanistan in 2002 and now active across South and Central Asia and the ...

, Afghani-Australian businessman * Saʿd ibn Muaʿdh, an Arabian tribal leader and an early convert to Islam * Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, former Emir of Kuwait * Saâd Sahraoui, Algerian football (soccer) player * Saad Salman, Iraqi-French film director * Sa'ad bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud, Saudi royal *

Saad bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Saad bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1915 23 July 1993) was a former governor of 'Asir and a member of House of Saud. He was also a former chairman of royal family council of Al Saud. The Council was created to look after the members of the Saudi royal f ...

, Saudi royal * Saad bin Faisal Al Saud, Saudi royal *

Saad bin Saud Al Saud Saad bin Saud Al Saud (1924–1977) was a Saudi royal and military officer who served as the commander of the Saudi Arabian National Guard (SANG) between 1959 and 1963. He was a son of the second king of Saudi Arabia, King Saud ( 1953-1964), and ...

, Saudi royal *

Saad Al-Shammari Saad Sattam Saud Al Shammari ( ar, سعد سطام سعود الشمري; born 6 August 1980, in Rafha) is a Saudi Arabian-born Qatari footballer who plays as a central defender for El Jaish in the Qatar Stars League, He also plays for the Qatar ...

, Qatari footballer *

Saad el-Shazly Saad el-Din Mohamed el-Husseiny el-Shazly ( ar, سعد الدين محمد الحسيني الشاذلي, )‎ (1 April 1922 – 10 February 2011)was an Egyptian military commander. He was Egypt's chief of staff during the October War. F ...

, Egyptian military personality *

Saad Tedjar Saad Tedjar (born January 14, 1986 in Béjaïa) is an Algerian footballer who is currently playing for ASO Chlef in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1. Club career In 2006, Tedjar signed a five-year contract with Paradou AC. JS Kabylie In June ...

, Algerian football (soccer) player *

Saad Bin Tefla Saad Bin Tefla AlAjmi (also known as Saad Bin Tiflah or Saad Al Ajmi) is a Kuwaiti businessman and politician. He has been Kuwait's Minister of Information and Culture. Political career He has headed the Kuwait Information Center in London and ...

, Kuwaiti businessman and politician * Sa'd ibn Ubadah, an Arabian tribal leader and an early convert to Islam * Sa`d ibn Abi Waqqas, a companion of Prophet Muhammad * Saad Bin Zafar, Pakistan-Canadian cricket player * Saad Zaghloul, Egyptian Prime Minister and anti-imperialist leader

Middle name

* Mohammad Ibn Sa'd al-Baghdadi, aka Ibn Sa'd, often called Katib ul-Waqidi, the scribe of Waqidi * Yusuf Saad Kamel, a Kenyan-born Bahraini professional athlete (runner) *

Abdul Aziz Sa'ad Al-Khaldi A total of 133 Saudi citizens have been held in the United States' Guantanamo Bay detention camps at its naval base in Cuba since January 2002. Most had been swept up in Afghanistan following the US invasion in the fall of 2001, and they were clas ...

, Saudi Arabian detainee in Guantanamo * Bilal Saad Mubarak, Qatari sportsman (shot putter) * Khalid Saad Mohammed, Saudi Arabian detainee in Guantanamo * Matthew Saad Muhammad (born Maxwell Antonio Loach), American former boxer * Salman Saad Al Khadi Mohammed, Saudi Arabian detainee in Guantanamo *

Ahmed Saad Osman Ahmed Saad Suleiman Osman (Arabic أحمد سعد عثمان; born 7 August 1979) is a retired Libyan professional football attacker who last played for Club Africain in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1. He also played for the Libya nationa ...

, Libyan football player * Khawaja Saad Rafique, Pakistani politician

Family name

Abbas Saad Abbas Saad ( ar, عباس سعد; born 1 December 1967) is an Australian soccer manager and former player, who is currently managing National Premier Leagues NSW side Sydney Olympic. International career Born in Lebanon, Saad's family moved to ...

, Australian former international football (soccer) player of Lebanese origin * Abdulrahman Mohamed Saad, Qatari basketball player * Adam Saad Australian rules footballer *

Ahmed Saad (Australian footballer) Ahmed Saad (born 9 October 1989) is an Australian rules footballer who formerly played for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was delisted in 2013 after receiving an 18-month suspension for testing positi ...

, Australian rules football player of Egyptian descent * Baba Saad, or just Saad, a German rapper of Lebanese origin *

Brandon Saad Brandon Saad (born October 27, 1992) is an American professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL). Saad was raised in Pittsburgh and attended Pine-Richland High School. He was draf ...

, American ice hockey player of Syrian origin *

Emmanuel Saad Emmanuel Saad, is an Egyptian Coptic Composer, Music Arranger and one of the most famous composers of the Coptic orthodox music in the current era. Biography He was born on May 15, 1971. He works in audio engineering, music composition, composi ...

, Egyptian Coptic composer, music arranger *

Emir Saad Alan Digorsky (russian: Алан Дигорский, Alan Digorskiy; Iron Ossetian: Дыгурты Алан, ''Dygurty Alan''; Digor Ossetian: Дигорти Алан, ''Digorti Alan''), better known as Emir Saad (russian: Эмир Саад, Emir ...

, real name Alan Digorsky, Ossetian Islamist militant and the first leader of the Ossetian Jamaat Kataib al-Khoul *

Ezzat Saad Dr. Ezzat Saad El-Sayed El Buraey (born 28 September 1950) is an Egyptian diplomat, served as ambassador of Egypt in Indonesia from 2000 to 2004, assistant Foreign Minister for Asian affairs from 2004 to 2006, ambassador to the Russian Federation ...

, Egyptian diplomat *

Gad Saad Gad Saad (; ar, جاد سعد; born 13 October 1964) is a Canadian marketing professor at the John Molson School of Business at Concordia University. He is known for applying evolutionary psychology to marketing and consumer behaviour. He wrote ...

, Jewish-Canadian behavioural scientist and university professor *

Felipe Saad Felipe Patavino Saad (born 11 September 1983), known as Felipe Saad, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a defender. Whilst at Guingamp, then in Ligue 2, Saad played in the 2009 Coupe de France final in which they bea ...

, Brazilian football (soccer) player *

Ghanim Bin Saad Al Saad Ghanim Bin Saad Al Saad ( ar, غانم بن سعد ال سعد born 23 August 1964 in Doha, Qatar) is a Qatari businessperson and the Chairman of GSSG Holding. Education According to Al Saad, he has a BA in Social Sciences from Qatar Univers ...

, Qatari businessman *

Habib Pacha Es-Saad Habib Pacha El-Saad ( ar, حبيب باشا السعد; 1867 – 5 May 1942) was a Lebanese Maronite Christianity in Lebanon, Maronite politician who was born in Ain Traz, Aley District. He served as the List of Speakers of the Parliament of Leba ...

, Lebanese politician and former Prime Minister *

Halim Saad Tan Sri Dato Seri Wira Halim bin Saad was known as the leading businessman of Renong / UEM Group in corporate Malaysia from 1985 to 2001. The Renong / UEM Group was the largest corporate company in Malaysia at the time, with investments in al ...

, a Malaysian businessman * Hasballah M. Saad, Indonesian politician *

Henry Saad Henry William Saad (born June 1948, in Detroit, Michigan)Resume
at US Dept of Justice website is a John Saad John Nicol Sahid Saad (born in Bo, Sierra Leone) is a Sierra Leonean politician, who currently serves as Sierra Leone's Minister of Housing and Infrastructural Development. He is a member of the opposition People's Movement for Democratic Change ...

, Sierra Leonean politician of Lebanese descent *

Khaled Saad Khaled Saad Salem Al-Malta'ah ( ar, خالد سعد سالم الملطعة) is a Jordanian former footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are ...

, Jordanian football (soccer) player *

Mahmoud Saad (footballer, born 1952) Mahmoud Saad El-Din Ahmed ( ar, محمود سعد الدين احمد; born 3 March 1952) is an Egyptian former football player and manager. He has previously coached Zamalek SC, as well as the Egypt national Olympic team at the 1992 Summer O ...

, Egyptian football (soccer) player * Mahmoud Saad (footballer, born 1983), Egyptian football (soccer) player *

Malik Saad Malik Muhammad Saad Khan Shaheed (19 May 1959 – 27 January 2007), was one-star rank senior police officer, engineer, and former Chief Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) of Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan. He was in charge of s ...

, Pakistani senior police officer, engineer *

Matías Saad Matías Federico Saaad (born June 16, 1980, in Santa Fe) is an Argentine professional footballer. He currently plays for Quintanar del Rey in Spain. Previously, he played on the professional level in the Argentina Primera División for Unión d ...

, Argentine professional football (soccer) player *

Margit Saad Margit Saad (born 30 May 1929) is a German actress who has worked largely in German film and television, with occasional English language appearances. Biography She was born in Munich, Bavaria, the daughter of a Lebanese linguist father and a ...

, German film and television actress *

Mohamed Saad (disambiguation) Mohamed Saad may refer to: * Mohamed Saad (actor), Egyptian film actor * Mohamed Saad (athlete), Kuwaiti sprinter * Mohamed Saad (swimmer), Yemeni swimmer {{hndis, Saad, Mohamed ...

Naeem Saad Naeem Saad Mubarak Faraj (born 1 October 1957) is a Kuwaiti football defender who played for Kuwait Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is s ...

, Kuwaiti football (soccer) player * Natasja Saad, late Danish rapper *

Nicolás Saad Nicolás Saad (born 1970 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine film director, screenplay writer, and film editor. He works in the cinema of Argentina. Saad is a graduate of Argentina's primary film school, the ''Universidad del Cine.'' Filmography Di ...

, Argentinean film director *

Osama Saad Osama Maarouf Saad (or Oussama Saad, Arabic: أسامة معروف سعد; born June 6, 1954 in Sidon, Saida), is a Lebanon, Lebanese politician, Member of parliament, MP, and the leader of the Popular Nasserist Organization (PNO) movement, founded ...

(born 1954), Lebanese politician * Razali Saad, Singaporean football (soccer) player *

Roberto Saad Roberto Saad (born 3 June 1961) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. Saad enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career, he won two doubles titles. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of Worl ...

, former Argentinean professional tennis player *

Rola Saad Rola Youssef Saad ( ar, رولا يوسف سعد; born 25 August 1978) is a Lebanese pop singer and model who emerged in the mid-2000s and is most commonly known for her collaboration with Lebanese singer Sabah. Biography Rola Saad was bor ...

, Lebanese pop singer and model *

Rola Saad (entertainer) Rola Saad ( ar, رولا سعد) (born in Achrafieh, Beirut, Lebanon on September 9, 1948) is a Lebanese pan-Arab television personality and owner of Vanilla Productions. She is well known for her appearance in her number-one show in the middle e ...

, Lebanese pan-Arab television personality, producing well-known television shows including the Arab version of ''Star Academy'' *

Salem Saad Salem Saad Mubarak Saad Al-Abadla (1 September 1978 – 18 November 2009) was an Emirati footballer who played as a striker. Career Saad played club football for Al-Shabab and Al-Nasr. He also played at international level for United Arab Em ...

, Emirati football (soccer) player *

Shahrizal Saad Shahrizal bin Mohd Saad (born 5 June 1987) is a Malaysian professional footballer who plays for Hanelang in the Malaysia FAM League as a forward. Career Shahrizal started his career at Perak FA and he also played for the Perak President Cup ...

, Malaysian football (soccer) player *

Siti binti Saad Siti binti Saad (1880–1950) was a pioneering artist in the taarab genre of east African music. The first East African singer to make commercial recordings, she made over 150 gramophone recordings during her lifetime. She also introduced a new I ...

, Tanzanian taraab artist *

Soony Saad Hassan Ali "Soony" Saad ( ; ar, حسن علي "سوني" سعد, ; born August 17, 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Malaysian club Penang and the Lebanon national team. Saad began his senior career with Major ...

, Arab-American soccer player *

Stephen Saad Stephen Bradley Saad (born June 1964) is a South African billionaire businessman, who is the founder and chief executive of Aspen Pharmacare (), the largest producer of generic medicines in Africa. Early life Stephen Bradley Saad was born in J ...

(born 1964), South African businessman * Syamsul Saad, Malaysian football (soccer) player *

Waseelah Saad Waseelah Fadhl Saad (born November 25, 1989, in Aden) is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Yemen. Saad represented Yemen at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed at the 100 metres The 100 me ...

, Yemeni track and field sprint athlete *

Yousef Saad Yousef Saad (born 1950) is an I.T. Distinguished Professor of Computer Science in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Minnesota.

, American computer scientist of Algerian origin

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