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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'', 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 The Hashemites (), also House of Hashim, are the Dynasty, royal family of Jordan, which they have ruled since 1921, and were the royal family of the kingdoms of Kingdom of Hejaz, Hejaz (1916–1925), Arab Kingdom of Syria, Syria (1920), and Kingd ...
Jifrid tribe in
Yemen Yemen, officially the Republic of Yemen, is a country in West Asia. Located in South Arabia, southern Arabia, it borders Saudi Arabia to Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, the north, Oman to Oman–Yemen border, the northeast, the south-eastern part ...
& parts of Somalia


First name

* Saad Albazei, Saudi Arabian intellectual * Saad Shaddad Al-Asmari, Saudi Arabian runner * Saad Awad, American mixed martial artist of Palestinian descent * Saad Benyamin, Iraqi international football (soccer) player * Saad El-Hawli, Australian rules footballer * Saad Eskander, Iraqi-Kurdish academic and researcher * Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli, Kuwaiti football referee * Sa'ad Al-Faqih, Saudi dissident * Saad Haddad, Lebanese military personnel * Saad Hafeez, Danish cricketer *
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 * Saad Haroon, Pakistani comedian * Saad Al-Harthi, Saudi Arabian footballer * Saad Hamdan, Lebanese actor and voice actor * Saad Hayel Srour, Jordanian politician * * Saad Ichalalène, Algerian football (soccer) player * Saad Janjua, Singaporean-Pakistani cricketer * Saad Khader, Saudi Arabian television actor, director and producer * Sa'ad Khair, Jordanian Intelligence and security official * Saad Khan, Indian film director, screenwriter and acting teacher * Saad Lamjarred, 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 * Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, former Emir of Kuwait * Saad Salman, Iraqi-French film director * Sa'ad bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud, Saudi royal * Saad bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi royal * Saad bin Faisal Al Saud, Saudi royal * Saad bin Saud Al Saud, Saudi royal * Saad Al-Shammari, Qatari footballer * Saad el-Shazly, Egyptian military personality * Saad Tedjar, Algerian football (soccer) player * Saad Bin Tefla, Kuwaiti businessman and politician * Sa'd ibn Ubadah, an Arabian tribal leader and an early convert to Islam *
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 Muhammad (8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious and political leader and the founder of Islam. Muhammad in Islam, According to Islam, he was a prophet who was divinely inspired to preach and confirm the tawhid, monotheistic teachings of A ...
* 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, 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, Libyan football player * Khawaja Saad Rafique, 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 * Abdulrahman Mohamed Saad, Qatari basketball player * Adam Saad, 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 * Henry Saad, American Michigan-based judge * John Saad, 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), Egyptian football (soccer) player * Malik Saad, Pakistani senior police officer, engineer * Matías Saad, Argentine professional football (soccer) player * Margit Saad, German film and television actress * Mohamed Saad (disambiguation) * Naeem Saad, Kuwaiti football (soccer) player *
Natasja Saad Natasja Saad (31 October 1974 – 24 June 2007), also known mononymously as Natasja and also as Dou T and Little T, was a Danish rapper, Toasting (Jamaican music), deejay, and singer. While already relatively successful in her native Denmark, her ...
, 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 * Rola Saad, 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 * Yousef Saad, American computer scientist of Algerian origin


See also

* Saad (disambiguation) * Saado * Saadallah, disambiguation * Sa'd al-Din / Saad Eddin (disambiguation) {{given name Arabic-language masculine given names Masculine given names