Said ( ar, سعيد ), also spelled Saeid, Said, Saïd, Sid, Saeed, Saed, Saied, Sayeed or Sayid, is a male Arabic

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

which means "blessed (in Quranic Classical Arabic), good luck, joy" or "happy, patient". The name stems from the Arabic verb ''sa‘ada'' (سَعَدَ – 'to be happy, fortunate or lucky'). The lesser uncommon form of the name Said is "Suid (سُعِيد ''suīd'')" and the feminine form of the name is Saida (Saidah, سَعِيدة ''saīdah'') or Suida (Suidah, سُعِيدة ''suīdah''). Said is another variant from the Arabic given name Saad. The written form of the name in Turkish is

Sait Sait as a given name or surname is the Turkish written form of the Arabic male given name Sa‘id. The name Sait or the abbreviation SAIT may refer to: People (given name or surname) * Sait Faik Abasıyanık, Turkish writer * Talât Sait Halman, ...

and in Bosnian is Seid. Said or Sid is the spelling used in most Latin languages. The Maltese surname ''Saïd'' has the same origin but has been borne by Latin Catholics for over seven centuries. Most Maltese surnames are of Italian origin, but this (with ''Abdilla'') is one of the very few authentically Arabic given names that have survived in the islands as family names. It is a variant of the medieval Sicilian Christian surname ''Saido'' or ''Saito'' (''Saidu''), which was derived from the Siculo-Arabic given name ''Sa'īd'' used by both Muslims and Christians. In Sicily and Malta, this surname was sometimes Italianized as ''(De) Felice''. The surname was established in Malta by 1419, appearing mostly as ''Sayd'' in the militia list of that year. In the 1480 militia list it is spelt mostly ''Said'', but was later variously written ''Said'', ''Sayd'', ''Sajt'', ''Sait'' in the Catholic church census of 1687. The anachronistic and undocumented claim that 'Nicolò Sayd', a grandson of Cem (1459–1496, the renegade son of Turkish Sultan Mehmet II) settled in Malta and became the ancestor of all Maltese bearing the surname ''Said'' is a fantasy inspired by the writings of historical novelists Maurice Caron and

John Freely John Freely (26 June 1926 – 20 April 2017) was an American physicist, teacher, and author of popular travel and history books on Istanbul, Athens, Venice, Turkey, Greece, and the Ottoman Empire. He was the father of writer and Turko-English lite ...

and recently promoted by amateur genealogists. Today, francophone countries use transliterations of that name. These include the names Seydoux and Seydou, which are common in Europe and West Africa, respectively.

Given name

First

Sa'id of Egypt Mohamed Sa'id Pasha ( ar, محمد سعيد باشا, tr, Mehmed Said Paşa, March 17, 1822 – January 17, 1863) was the Wāli of Egypt and Sudan from 1854 until 1863, officially owing fealty to the Ottoman Sultan but in practice exercising vi ...

(or Sa'id Pasha, 1822–1863), Ottoman Viceroy and Egyptian ruler for whom Port Said is named *

Saeed Ajmal Saeed Ajmal SI ( Punjabi, ; born 14 October 1977) is a Pakistani cricket coach and former cricketer, who played all forms of the game. He is a right-arm off-spin bowler who bats right handed. At domestic level in Pakistan he represented Fai ...

, Pakistani cricketer * Saeid Alihosseini (born 1988), Iranian weightlifter *

Said Salim Bakhresa Said Salim Awadh Bakhresa (born 1949 in Zanzibar), is a Tanzanian business tycoon. He is the founder and the chairperson of the Bakhresa Group of companies. He is a well-known industrialist in the mainland of Tanzania and the island of Zanzibar ...

, a Tanzanian businessman * Said Bahaji, German al-Qaeda member * Saeid Bayat (born 1976), Iranian football midfielder *

Saeed Blacknall Saeed Raashad Blacknall (born March 17, 1996) is an American football wide receiver who is a free agent. He played college football at Penn State Nittany Lions football, Penn State. Early years Blacknall attended high school at Manalapan Hi ...

(born 1996), American football player * Saïd Bouteflika (born 1958), Algerian politician and brother of former Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika * Saïd Bouziri (1947–2009), Tunisian human rights and immigrant rights activist in France *

Saeid Davarpanah Saeid Davarpanah ( fa, سعید داورپناه, born September 7, 1987) is an Iranian professional basketball player, currently playing as a guard for Naft Abadan in the Iranian Basketball Super League. He is also a member of the Iranian natio ...

(born 1987), Iranian professional basketball player *

Saeid Ebrahimi Saeid Ebrahimi ( fa, سعید ابراهیمی, born 22 December 1982 in Nahavand) is an Iranian wrestler. He competed in the freestyle heavyweight division the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Gam ...

(born 1982), Iranian wrestler *

Saeed al-Ghamdi Saeed Abdallah Ali Sulayman al-Ghamdi ( ar, سعيد الغامدي, ) (November 21, 1979 – September 11, 2001) was one of four terrorist hijackers of United Airlines Flight 93 as part of the September 11 attacks. Born in Saudi Arabia, al-Gha ...

, Saudi terrorist and 9/11 hijacker *

Said al-Ghazzi Said Al-Ghazzi ( ar, سعيد الغزي; 11 June 1893 ‎ – 18 September 1967) was a Syrian lawyer, politician and two time prime minister of Syria. He was born in Damascus. Early life Said belonged to the prominent al-Ghazzi family, wh ...

(1893–1967), Syrian lawyer and politician *

Saeed Hanaei Saeed Hanaei or Said Hanai ( fa, سعید حنایی; 1962 – April 8, 2002) was an Iranian serial killer. Personal life Hanaei was born in 1962. He had a dysfunctional relationship with his mother, who violently abused him; he later claimed t ...

, Iranian serial killer *

Sa'id Hormozi Ostad Sa'id Hormozi ( fa, سعید هرمزی) (1898–1976) was an Iranian musician who is remembered for his efforts to "promote authentic Iranian music" and pass it to modern musicians. He was born in one of the old neighborhoods of Tehran call ...

, Iranian musician * Sa'id ibn Jubayr (665–714), one of the leading Tabi‘un * Said Kamal (1938–2017), Palestinian politician * Sultan Said Khan, ruler of Kashgaria in 1514–1533 * Saeid Marouf (born 1985), a volleyball player from Iran *

Saeed al-Masri Mustafa Ahmed Muhammad Uthman Abu al-Yazid ( ar, مصطفى أحمد محمد عثمان أبو اليزيد), better known as Saeed al-Masri ( ar, سعيد المصري) or simply al-Masri, (February 27, 1955 - May 21, 2010) was an Egyptian who ...

, Egyptian al-Qaeda member * Saeed Akhtar Mirza (born 1943), Indian film director * Said Musa, Belizean politician *

Saeed Nafisi Saeed Nafisi (also Naficy) ( fa, سعید نفیسی; June 8, 1895 – November 13, 1966) was an Iranian scholar, fiction writer and poet. He was a prolific writer in Persian. Nafisi was born in Tehran, where he conducted numerous research proje ...

, Iranian scholar *

Saeed Naqvi Saeed Naqvi is senior Indian journalist, television commentator, interviewer. He has interviewed world leaders and personalities in India and abroad, which appear in newspapers, magazines and on national television, remained editor of the ''Wor ...

, Indian journalist *

Said Nursî Said Nursi ( ota, سعيد نورسی, ku, Seîdê Nursî ,سەعید نوورسی‎; 1877 – 23 March 1960), also spelled Said-i Nursî or Said-i Kurdî, and commonly known with the honorifics Bediüzzaman (meaning "wonder of the age") an ...

(1878–1960), Muslim Scholar from Turkey * Said Paulo Arges (1905–1994), Brazilian footballer *

Saeid Pirdoost Saeid Pirdoost (Persian: سعید پیردوست) is born January 6, 1941 Tehran, Iran. He is an Iranian actor. Filmography *Gavazn-ha '' (The Deer) '' *Snake Fang *Dast-haye Aloode *Delbar-e Ahani *Karagah Alavi ''(Detective Alavi)'' *Dokhtar-e ...

, Iranian actor *

Said Sheikh Samatar Said Sheikh Samatar ( so, Siciid Sheekh Samatar, ar, سعيد الشيخ سمتر‎; 1943–24 February 2015) was a prominent Somali scholar and writer. Biography Early years Said was born in 1943 in the Ogaden in Ethiopia to Faduma and She ...

, Somali historian *

Said Mohammad Sammour Said Mohammad Sammour ( ar, سعيد محمد سمور) (born 1950) is a Syrian military officer and politician who served as interior minister between 2009 and 2011. Early life and education Sammour was born in Jableh in 1950. He received a bac ...

(born 1950), Syrian politician *

Said Shavershian Aziz Sergeyevich Shavershian (russian: link=no, Азиз Сергеевич Шавершян; 24 March 1989 – 5 August 2011), better known as Zyzz, was an Australian bodybuilder, personal trainer and model. He established a cult following ...

(born 1986), Australian bodybuilder *

Said Ali al-Shihri Sa'id Ali Jabir Al Khathim Al Shihri (1971–2013) was a Saudi Arabian deputy leader of the terrorist group Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), and possibly involved in the kidnappings and murders of foreigners in Yemen. Said Ali al-Shihr ...

, Saudi Arabian al-Qaeda member *

Said bin Sultan Sayyid Saïd bin Sultan al-Busaidi ( ar, سعيد بن سلطان, , sw, Saïd bin Sultani) (5 June 1791 – 19 October 1856), was Sultan of Muscat and Oman, the fifth ruler of the Busaid dynasty from 1804 to 4 June 1856. His rule commenced fol ...

(1797–1856), Sultan of Muscat and Oman *

Saïd Taghmaoui Saïd Taghmaoui (born 19 July 1973) is a French-American actor and screenwriter. One of his major screen roles was that of Saïd in the 1995 French film ''La Haine'', directed by Mathieu Kassovitz. Taghmaoui has also appeared in a number of Eng ...

(born 1973), French actor * Said bin Taimur (1910–1972), previous Sultan of Oman *

Sa'id ibn Uthman Saʿīd ibn ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān () (died ) was an Umayyad general and military governor of Khurasan in 676–677 during the reign of Caliph Mu'awiya I. He was a son of Caliph Uthman () and a one-time seeker of the caliphate in 675/76. Duri ...

(died 680), one of the Tabi‘un and son of Uthman *

Saeed Abubakr Zakaria Saeed Abubakr Zakaria is a Ghanaian Islamic scholar and leader of the Anbariya Islamic Institute in Tamale, Ghana. He is the spiritual leader of Anbariya Sunni Community in Ghana. He succeeded Afa Ajura, who died on December 22, 2004. Zakaria s ...

, 21st-century Ghanaian scholar and leading member of Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jamaa'a * Sa'id bin Zayd (593–673), one of the companions of Muhammed

Middle

Ali Said Raygal Ali Said Raygal ( so, Cali Saciid Raygaal, ar, علي سعيد رايجال) is a Somali politician. He is the former Minister of Youth and Sports of the autonomous Somaliland region in northwestern Somalia. Raygal was appointed to the positio ...

, Somali politician *

Mehmed Said Pasha Mehmed Said Pasha ( ota, محمد سعيد پاشا ‎; 1838–1914), also known as Küçük Said Pasha ("Said Pasha the Younger") or Şapur Çelebi or in his youth as Mabeyn Başkatibi Said Bey, was an Ottoman monarchist, senator, statesman ...

(or Said Pasha, 1830–1914), Ottoman Grand Vizier

Abu Sa'id

* Abu Sa'id (Ilkhanid dynasty) (1316–1335), ninth ruler of the Ilkhanate state in Iran * Abu Sa'id (Timurid dynasty) (1424–1469), mid-fifteenth century Timurid Empire ruler in what are today parts of Persia and Afghanistan * Abu Said Faraj, a Nasrid prince of Granada, d. 1320 * Abu Sa'id al-Khudri *

Abū-Sa'īd Abul-Khayr Abū Saʿīd Abū'l-Khayr or Abusa'id Abolkhayr ( fa, ابوسعید ابوالخیر) , also known as Sheikh Abusaeid or Abu Sa'eed, was a famous Persian Sufi and poet who contributed extensively to the evolution of Sufi tradition. The majori ...

(967–1049), Persian Sufi and poet *

Khaled al-Hassan Khaled al-Hassan ( ar, خالد الحسن also known as Abu Said ar, أبو السعيد) (1928-1994) was an early adviser of Yasser Arafat, PLO leader and a founder of the Palestinian political and militant organization Fatah. Khaled was the o ...

(1928–1994), known as Abu Said, Palestine Liberation Organization leader *

Abu Saeed Muhammad Omar Ali Abu Saeed Muhammad Omar Ali (; 1 October 1945 — 14 August 2010) was a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar, author, teacher and translator. As a member of the Islamic Foundation's encyclopaedia project's board of directors and editing board, his most no ...

(1919–2012), Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and translator

Surname

* Abdelmadjid Sidi Said, leader of the Algerian trade union UGTA *

Abdulla Saeed Abdulla Saeed ( dv, އަބްދުﷲ ސައީދު; born 25 September 1964) is a Maldivian politician, who was the Chief Justice of the Maldives from September 18, 2008 to August 10, 2010 and December 15, 2014 to June 20, 2018. On February 6, 201 ...

(born 1964), chief justice of the Maldives *

Amina Said Amina Said, also spelled Amina Saïd (born 1953 in Tunis) is a Tunisian author and poet. Her father is Tunisians, Tunisian and her mother is French people, French. Said has been living in Paris since 1978, where she studied literature at the Univer ...

(born 1953), poet * Anjum Saeed (born 1968), Pakistani field hockey player * Anne Said (1914–1995), English artist * Boris Said (born 1962), American race car driver *

Brian Said Brian Said (born 15 May 1973 in Valletta, Malta) is a professional footballer currently managing Maltese First Division side St. Andrews, and captain of the Luxol St Andrew's Veteran Team, where he plays as a defender. Brian is tall and strong ...

(born 1973), Maltese footballer * Edward Said (1935–2003), Palestinian-American literary critic and theorist *

Hakim Said Hakeem Muhammad Saeed ( ur, ; 9 January 1920 – 17 October 1998) was a Pakistani medical researcher, scholar and philanthropist. He served as governor of Sindh Province from 1993 until 1994. Saeed was one of Pakistan's most prominent medical ...

(1920–1998), Pakistani physician and scholar * Hilda Saeed (born 1936), Pakistani activist and journalist * Hussein Saeed, Iraqi footballer * Islam Said, birth name of musician "Islam Chipsy" * Kais Saied, Tunisian politician *

Kurban Said Kurban Said ( az, Qurban Səid/, ) is the pseudonym of the author of ''Ali and Nino'', a novel originally published in 1937 in the German language by the Austrian publisher E.P. Tal. The novel has since been published in more than 30 languages. ...

, pseudonym for the author of the novel ''Ali and Nino'' *

Mizanur Rahman Sayed Mizanur Rahman Sayed ( bn, মিজানুর রহমান সাঈদ) is a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar. He was one of the five scholars selected by Islamic Foundation Bangladesh as Fatwa interpreters. Education Rahman attended Al-Jamiah ...

(born 1963), Bangladeshi Islamic scholar * Nasser Al Saeed (1923–unknown), Saudi Arabian writer * Samira Said (born 1961), Moroccan pop star *

Wafic Saïd Wafic Rida Saïd ( ar, وفيق رضا سعيد) (born 21 December 1939) is a Syrian- Saudi-Canadian financier, businessman, and philanthropist, who has resided for many years in Monaco.David Pallister, 'The man of substance in the shadows', ''T ...

(born 1939), Syrian businessman *

Yaser Abdel Said Yaser Abdel Said ( ar, ياسر عبد السعيد; born January 27, 1957) is an Egyptian-American former taxi driver and convicted murderer. For 12 years, Said evaded arrest for the January 1, 2008, fatal shootings of his two daughters, Amina ...

, FBI Top 10 Most Wanted fugitive * Qaboos bin Said Al Said, previous Sultan of Oman * Harun bin Said or Harun Thohir (died 1968), birth name Tahir bin Mandir, Indonesian soldier and terrorist

Fictional characters

Sayid Jarrah Sayid Hassan Jarrah ( ar, سَعِيد حَسَّان جَرَّاح, ''Sa‘īd Ḥassān Jarrāḥ'') is a fictional character from the ABC show ''Lost'' portrayed by Naveen Andrews. Appearances Prior to the crash Sayid originally served as a ...

, character on the television series ''Lost'' *

Kareem Saïd The characters of '' Oz'', fictional characters on the television series about prison life, are a diverse mixture of inmates from various gangs and prison staff. Main inmates Key Other inmates The Aryans The Aryans are a f ...

, character on the HBO drama ''Oz'' * Said Rachid, character on the television series ''

O Clone O, or o, is the fifteenth letter and the fourth vowel letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''o'' (pronounced ), pl ...

'', interpreted by Dalton Vigh. *Mustafa Sa'eed, protagonist of the novel

Season of Migration to the North ''Season of Migration to the North'' ( ar, موسم الهجرة إلى الشمال ) is a classic postcolonial Arabic novel by the Sudanese novelist Tayeb Salih, published in 1966; it is the novel for which he is best known. It was first publis ...

Other uses

* (spelled with a Ṣād, ) is the Arabic term for

Upper Egypt Upper Egypt ( ar, صعيد مصر ', shortened to , , locally: ; ) is the southern portion of Egypt and is composed of the lands on both sides of the Nile that extend upriver from Lower Egypt in the north to Nubia in the south. In ancient ...

. The personal name is related to a different root, whose first letter is

Sīn Shin (also spelled Šin (') or Sheen) is the twenty-first letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician Shin , Hebrew Shin , Aramaic Shin , Syriac Shin ܫ, and Arabic Shin (in abjadi order, 13th in modern order). Its sound value is a voicel ...

. ** Sa'idi people refers to the inhabitants of Upper Egypt. * Saïd Business School at Oxford University, name after Wafic Saïd