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 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 Tsade (also spelled , , , , tzadi, sadhe, tzaddik) is the eighteenth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician ṣādē , Hebrew ṣādi , Aramaic ṣāḏē , Syriac ṣāḏē ܨ, Ge'ez ṣädäy ጸ, and Arabic . Its oldest phonet ...

'', which has no intrinsic meaning. It may refer to:

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Banu Sa'd The Banu Sa'd ( ar, بنو سعد / ALA-LC: ''Banū Saʿd'') was one of the leading royal tribes of Arabia during the Islamic prophet Muhammad's era. They were a subgroup of the larger Hawazin tribal confederation. They had close family relations ...

, a Saudi tribe

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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 un ...

, Saudi Arabian intellectual *

Saad Shaddad Al-Asmari Saad Shaddad Al-Asmari ( ar, سعد شداد الأسمري) (born 24 September 1968) is a Saudi Arabian runner who specialized in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He has won five medals from the Asian Athletics Championships, Asian Championships, th ...

, Saudi Arabian runner *

Saad Awad Saad Awad ( ar, سعد عوض , born June 7, 1983) is an American mixed martial artist competing in Bellator's lightweight division. A professional competitor since 2006, Awad has formerly competed for Strikeforce and King of the Cage. Backgr ...

, American mixed martial artist of Palestinian descent * Saad Benyamin, Iraqi international football (soccer) player * Saad Eskander, 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 Saad Rashed Mohammad al-Faqih ( ar, سعد راشد محمد الفقيه ; born February 2, 1957), also known as Saad Al-Fagih, is a Muslim Saudi national and former surgeon who heads the Movement for Islamic Reform in ArabiaSaad Haddad Saad Haddad ( ar, سعد حداد; 1936 – 14 January 1984) was the founder and head of the South Lebanon Army (SLA) during the Lebanese Civil War. For years Haddad was closely collaborating and receiving arms and political support from Israel ...

, Lebanese military personnel *

Saad Hafeez Saad Hafeez ( ur, سعد حفیظ; born 23 March 1977) is a former Danish people, Danish cricketer. Hafeez was a right-handed batsman (cricket), batsman who bowled right-arm Seam bowling, medium pace and who also fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was ...

, Danish cricketer *

Saad Hariri Saad El-Din Rafik Al-Hariri ( ar, سعد الدين رفيق الحريري, translit=Saʿd ad-Dīn Rafīq al-Ḥarīrī; born 18 April 1970) is a Lebanese-Saudi politician who served as the prime minister of Lebanon from 2009 to 2011 and 2016 t ...

, 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, 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 Saad Lamjarred ( ar, سعد لمجرد; born 7 April 1985) is a Moroccan singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, dancer, record producer and actor. He grew up in an artist family and became famous after his songs broke YouTube audience records, ...

, 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 Saad Madi Saad al Azmi (born May 29, 1979) is a Kuwaiti citizen. He was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantánamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba, and later repatriated on November 4, 2005. Joint Task Force Guantanamo counte ...

, 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 Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah ( ar, سعد العبد الله السالم الصباح, translit=Saʿad al-ʿAbdullāh as-Sālim as-Sabāh) (1930 – 13 May 2008) was the Emir of Kuwait and Commander of the Kuwait Military Forces d ...

, former Emir of Kuwait *

Saâd Sahraoui Saâd Sahraoui (born 1 July 1985 in Sidi Aïssa) is an Algerian professional football player who currently plays as a forward for Algerian Ligue 1 club CR Belouizdad Chabab Riadhi de Belouizdad S.s.p.a (Classical Arabic: الشّباب ...

, Algerian football (soccer) player *

Saad Salman Saad Salman (born 1950, in Baghdad, Iraq) is an Iraqi-French film director. He filmed ''Baghdad On/Off'', a documentary filmed when Saddam Hussein was in power. He has been exiled in Paris since 1976. He attended a School of the Art schools of Bag ...

, Iraqi-French film director *

Sa'ad bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud Sa'ad bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud (1890–1915) was the brother of Abdulaziz, Emir of Nejd (who later founded the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia). He was one of Abdulaziz's most devoted supporters and a key lieutenant in his early military campaigns. Ear ...

, 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 Saad bin Faisal Al Saud (1942 – April 2017) was a member of the Saudi royal family and a businessman. Early life and education Saad bin Faisal was born in 1942 and was the son of King Faisal and Haya bint Turki bin Abdulaziz Al Turki. His mot ...

, Saudi royal * Saad bin Saud Al Saud, Saudi royal * Saad Al-Shammari, 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, Algerian football (soccer) player * Saad Bin Tefla, Kuwaiti businessman and politician *

Sa'd ibn Ubadah 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 and Sa‘id. ...

, an Arabian tribal leader and an early convert to Islam *

Sa`d ibn Abi Waqqas , image = File:Saad ibn Abi Waqqas Masjid an-Nabawi Calligraphy.png , alt = , caption = His name in Arabic calligraphy , birth_date = , death_date = , birth_place = Mecca, Hejaz, Arabia , death_place ...

, a companion of

Prophet Muhammad Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monoth ...

Saad Bin Zafar Saad Bin Zafar ( ur, ; born 10 November 1986) is a Pakistani international cricketer who represents Canada in international cricket and is currently the captain of the Canada men's national team. Saad performs as an all-rounder. He is a left-h ...

, Pakistan-Canadian cricket player *

Saad Zaghloul Saad Zaghloul ( ar, سعد زغلول / ; also ''Sa'd Zaghloul Pasha ibn Ibrahim'') (July 1859 – 23 August 1927) was an Egyptian revolutionary and statesman. He was the leader of Egypt's nationalist Wafd Party. He led a civil disobedience ...

, Egyptian Prime Minister and anti-imperialist leader

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* Mohammad Ibn Sa'd al-Baghdadi, aka Ibn Sa'd, often called Katib ul-Waqidi, the scribe of Waqidi *

Yusuf Saad Kamel Yusuf Saad Kamel ( ar, يوسف سعد كامل), born Gregory Konchellah (born 29 March 1983) is a male former middle-distance runner who competed in the 800 metres and 1500 metres. Born in Narok, Kenya – the son of former two-time 800 metres W ...

, a Kenyan-born Bahraini professional athlete (runner) * Abdul Aziz Sa'ad Al-Khaldi, Saudi Arabian detainee in Guantanamo *

Bilal Saad Mubarak Bilal Saad Mubarak ( ar, بلال سعد مُبارك) (18 December 1972 – 27 October 2018) was a Qatari shot putter. His best finishes include eleventh place at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics, 1995 World Championships and tenth pl ...

, Qatari sportsman (shot putter) * Khalid Saad Mohammed, Saudi Arabian detainee in Guantanamo *

Matthew Saad Muhammad Matthew Saad Muhammad (born Maxwell Antonio Loach; June 16, 1954 – May 25, 2014) was an American professional boxer who was the WBC Light Heavyweight Champion of the World for two-and-a-half years. Background Saad Muhammad's mother died when ...

(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 Khawaja Saad Rafique (; born 4 November 1962) is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since October 2018 and the current federal minister for Railways. A leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawa ...

, Pakistani politician

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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 Abdulrahman Mohamed Saad (born July 7, 1996) is a Qatari-Egyptian professional basketball player for Zamalek. He previously played nine seasons for Al-Gharafa of the Qatari Basketball League. He represented Qatar's national basketball team at t ...

, Qatari basketball player *

Adam Saad Adam Saad (born 23 July 1994) is an Australian rules footballer currently playing for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League. He previously played for the Gold Coast Suns and the Essendon Football Club. Early career As a ...

Australian rules footballer * Ahmed Saad (Australian footballer), Australian rules football player of Egyptian descent *

Baba Saad Saad El-Haddad ( ar, سعد الحداد; born 26 November 1985), better known by his stage names Baba Saad or just Saad, is a German rapper of Lebanese descent. Early life Baba Saad was born in Beirut, Lebanon, but emigrated to Syke in norther ...

, or just Saad, a German rapper of Lebanese origin * Brandon Saad, American ice hockey player of Syrian origin * Emmanuel Saad, Egyptian Coptic composer, music arranger * Emir Saad, 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, Brazilian football (soccer) player * Ghanim Bin Saad Al Saad, 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, Jordanian football (soccer) player * Mahmoud Saad (footballer, born 1952), Egyptian football (soccer) player *

Mahmoud Saad (footballer, born 1983) Mahmoud Saad (Arabic:محمود سعد) (born 12 January 1983) is a Qatari born- Egyptian footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are associ ...

, 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, Argentine professional football (soccer) player * Margit Saad, German film and television actress * Mohamed Saad (disambiguation) *

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 Natasja Saad (31 October 1974 – 24 June 2007), also known as Dou T, Little T and Natasja, was a Danish singer and rapper. While already relatively successful in her native Denmark, her vocals on a popular reggae fusion remix of "Calabria" gaine ...

, late Danish rapper * Nicolás Saad, 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 Syamsul Saad (born 3 March 1975) is a former Malaysian footballer who was a defender with Perak FA and Terengganu FA. He had a successful career with Perak. In his first season with Perak, he won the Malaysia Cup. He clinched two Malaysian L ...

, Malaysian football (soccer) player * Waseelah Saad, 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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