Saad () is a common male Arabic given name. 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'' 𐤑, Hebrew ''ṣādī'' , Aramaic ''ṣāḏē'' 𐡑, Syriac ''ṣāḏē'' ܨ, Ge'ez ''ṣädäy'' ጸ, an ...
'', which has no intrinsic meaning.
It may refer to:
Tribal name
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Banu Sa'd
The Banu Sa'd ( / 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 with Muhammad. Th ...
, a Saudi tribe Saad Qureshi sukkur
* Al Bu Sa’ad, a
Hashemite
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Yemen
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Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli
Saad Kameel Al-Fadhli () (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 World Cup final in 1997 i ...
, Kuwaiti football referee
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Sa'ad Al-Faqih
Saad Rashed Mohammad al-Faqih ( ; born February 2, 1957), also known as Saad Al-Fagih, is a Muslim Saudi Arabia, Saudi national and former surgeon who heads the Movement for Islamic Reform in Arabia (MIRA)
, Saudi dissident
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Saad Haddad
Saad Haddad (; 1936 – 14 January 1984) was a Lebanese military officer and the founder and head of the South Lebanon Army (SLA) during the Lebanese Civil War. Originally a Major in the Lebanese Army, he defected and formed the SLA and creat ...
, Lebanese military personnel
* Saad Hafeez, Danish cricketer
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Saad Hariri
Saad El-Din Rafik Al-Hariri ( ; born 18 April 1970) is a Lebanese people, Lebanese businessman and politician who served as the Prime Minister of Lebanon, prime minister of Lebanon from 2009 to 2011 and 2016 to 2020. The son of Rafic Hariri, he ...
, Lebanese politician, former Prime Minister of Lebanon
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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 hi ...
, Pakistani comedian
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Saad Al-Harthi
Saad Mish'al Al-Harthi - also transliterated Sa'ad Al-Harthi - () is a Saudi Arabian former football striker who played for Saudi Premiership side Al-Nassr FC. He retired from playing football in 2013.
Career
On 14 March 2007, Al-Harthi was aw ...
, Saudi Arabian footballer
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Saad Hamdan
Saad Hamdan () is a Lebanese singer, actor and voice actor. He is known for '' Ghanoujet Baya'' (2006).
Filmography
Film
Television
Dubbing roles
* '' 1001 Nights''
* ''Assassin's Creed Syndicate''
* '' Big Hero 6'' - Fred
* '' Bol ...
, Lebanese actor and voice actor
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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
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Saad Ichalalène
Saad Ichalalène (born March 27, 1987) 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 age of 12. He progressed ...
, Algerian football (soccer) player
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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
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Saad Khader
Saad Khader (; born 3 July 1946) is a Saudi Arabian television actor, director and producer. He is the first man to present a Saudi film called ''Maw'id Ma' Majhool'' (). He is considered as one of the greatest Saudi actors of all times.
Caree ...
, Saudi Arabian television actor, director and producer
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Sa'ad Khair
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Sa'ad Pasha Khair was the leading Jordanian Intelligence and Security official from 2000 till 2005 and one of only four who held the rank of Field Marshal in Jordanian history apart from the Kings of Jordan.
Background
Sa'ad was born to an infl ...
, Jordanian Intelligence and security official
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Saad Khan
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, Indian film director, screenwriter and acting teacher
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Saad Lamjarred
Saad Bachir Lamjarred (; born 7 April 1985) is a Moroccan singer, songwriter, actor, multi-instrumentalist, dancer, and record producer. He is widely known for his music video " LM3ALLEM" which received over 1 billion views on YouTube, making it ...
, Moroccan pop singer-songwriter, actor and record producer
* Saad Mamoun, Egyptian military commander
* Saad Madhi Saad Howash Al Azmi, Kuwaiti detainee in Guantanamo
* Saad Mohseni, Afghani-Australian businessman
* Saʿd ibn Muaʿdh, an Arabian tribal leader and an early convert to Islam
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Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah
Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah () (13 May 1930 – 13 May 2008) was the Emir of Kuwait from 15 January 2006, succeeding Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, until abdicating nine days later on 24 January. Prior to that he had b ...
, former Emir of Kuwait
* Saad Salman, Iraqi-French film director
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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.
E ...
Saad el-Shazly
Saad el-Din Mohamed el-Husseiny el-Shazly (, ) (1 April 1922 – 10 February 2011) was an Egyptian military officer. He was Egypt's chief of staff during the Yom Kippur War.
He is credited with the equipping and preparation of the Egy ...
, Egyptian military personality
* Saad Tedjar, Algerian football (soccer) player
* Saad Bin Tefla, Kuwaiti businessman and politician
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Sa'd ibn Ubadah
Saad () is a common male Arabic given name. 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 ...
, an Arabian tribal leader and an early convert to Islam
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Sa`d ibn Abi Waqqas
Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas ibn Wuhayb al-Zuhri () was an Arab Muslim commander. He was the founder of Kufa and served as its governor under Umar ibn al-Khattab. He played a leading role in the Muslim conquest of Persia and was a close companion of the ...
, a companion of
Muhammad
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Saad Zaghloul
Saad Zaghloul Pasha ( / ; also ''Sa'd Zaghloul Pasha ibn Ibrahim'') (July 1857 – 23 August 1927) was an Egyptian revolutionary and statesman. He was the leader of Egypt's nationalist Wafd Party, and served as the first Honorary President of ...
, Egyptian Prime Minister and anti-imperialist leader
Yusuf Saad Kamel
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Khawaja Saad Rafique
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A leader of the Pakistan Muslim Leag ...
, Pakistani politician
Family name
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Abbas Saad
Abbas Saad (; born 1 December 1967) is a soccer manager and former player. Born in Lebanon, Saad played for the Australia national team.
Club career
Saad began his playing career in 1985 at Sydney City, before moving to Sydney Olympic. In ...
, Australian former international football (soccer) player of Lebanese origin
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Abdulrahman Mohamed Saad
Abdulrahman Mohamed Saad (born July 7, 1996) is a Qatari-Egyptian professional basketball player for Al-Arabi SC (basketball), Al-Arabi. He previously played nine seasons for Al-Gharafa SC (basketball), Al-Gharafa of the Qatari Basketball League ...
, Qatari basketball player
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Adam Saad
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Early career
As a ...
, Australian rules footballer
* Ahmed Saad, Australian rules football player of Egyptian descent
* Antoine Saad (1937–2025), Lebanese politician
* Baba Saad, or just Saad, a German rapper of Lebanese origin
* Brandon Saad, American ice hockey player of Syrian origin
* Emir Saad, real name Alan Digorsky, Ossetian Islamist militant and the first leader of the Ossetian Jamaat Kataib al-Khoul
* Emmanuel Saad, Egyptian Coptic composer, music arranger
* Ezzat Saad, Egyptian diplomat
* Fatima Saad (1966–2025), Syrian actress
* Felipe Saad, Brazilian football (soccer) player
* Gad Saad, Jewish-Canadian behavioural scientist and university professor
* Ghanim Bin Saad Al Saad, Qatari businessman
* Habib Pacha Es-Saad, Lebanese politician and former Prime Minister
* Halim Saad, a Malaysian businessman
* Hasballah M. Saad, Indonesian politician
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Henry Saad Henry William Saad (born June 1948, in Detroit, Michigan)Resume at US Dept of Justice website is a
John Saad, Sierra Leonean politician of Lebanese descent
* Khaled Saad, Jordanian football (soccer) player
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Mahmoud Saad (footballer, born 1952)
Mahmoud Saad El-Din Ahmed Abdel-Kader (; born 3 March 1952) is an Egyptian Association football, football manager and former player, who played for the Egypt national football team, national team. He has previously coached Zamalek SC, as well ...
, Egyptian football (soccer) player
* Mahmoud Saad (footballer, born 1983), Egyptian football (soccer) player
* Malik Saad, Pakistani senior police officer, engineer
* Matías Saad, Argentine professional football (soccer) player
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Margit Saad
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Biography
Margit Saad was born in Munich, Germany, the daughter of a Lebanese lingu ...
Natasja Saad
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, late Danish rapper
* Nicolás Saad, Argentinean film director
* Osama Saad (born 1954), Lebanese politician
* Razali Saad, Singaporean football (soccer) player
* Roberto Saad, former Argentinean professional tennis player
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Rola Saad
Rola Youssef Saad (; born 25 August 1978) is a Lebanese pop singer who emerged in the mid-2000s and is most commonly known for her collaboration with Lebanese singer Sabah.
Biography
Rola Saad was born in Beirut, Lebanon, to a Christian M ...
, Lebanese pop singer and model
* Rola Saad (entertainer), Lebanese pan-Arab television personality, producing well-known television shows including the Arab version of ''Star Academy''
* Salem Saad, Emirati football (soccer) player
* Shahrizal Saad, Malaysian football (soccer) player
* Siti binti Saad, Tanzanian taraab artist
* Soony Saad, Arab-American soccer player
* Stephen Saad (born 1964), South African businessman
* Syamsul Saad, Malaysian football (soccer) player
* Waseelah Saad, Yemeni track and field sprint athlete
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Yousef Saad
Yousef Saad (born 1950) in Algiers, Algeria from Boghni, Tizi Ouzou, Kabylia is an I.T. Distinguished Professor of Computer Science in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Minnesota.Saad (disambiguation)
Saad or Sa'ad may also refer to:
* Saad (letter), a letter in the Arabic script
* Saad (name), people carrying the name or surname
* Sa'ad, a kibbutz in the Negev desert in Israel
*Saad Esporte Clube, a Brazilian football club
* Saad SC, an Ir ...
Saadallah Saadallah, also spelled Saadullah, Sa'dullah or Sadollah () is a male given name meaning ''Joy of God''. People with the name include:
People with the given name
*Sadullah Ergin (born 1964), Turkish politician
* Sadullah Güney (1883–1945), Ottom ...