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 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
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'', which has no intrinsic meaning.
It may refer to:
Tribal name
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Banu Sa'd
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, a Saudi tribe Saad Qureshi sukkur
* Al Bu Sa’ad, a
Hashemite
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Yemen
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Saad Awad
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, American mixed martial artist of Palestinian descent
* Saad Benyamin, Iraqi international football (soccer) player
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Saad El-Hawli
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Early career
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, Australian rules footballer
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Saad Eskander Saad Eskander (; 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 Iran and Syria.
He receiv ...
, Iraqi-Kurdish academic and researcher
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Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli
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, Kuwaiti football referee
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Sa'ad Al-Faqih
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, Saudi dissident
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Saad Haddad
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, Lebanese military personnel
* Saad Hafeez, Danish cricketer
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Saad Hariri
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, Lebanese politician, former Prime Minister of Lebanon
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Saad Haroon
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, Pakistani comedian
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Saad Al-Harthi
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Career
On 14 March 2007, Al-Harthi was aw ...
, Saudi Arabian footballer
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Saad Hamdan
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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
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, Jordanian politician
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Saad Ichalalène
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Player career PSG Youth Academy
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, Algerian football (soccer) player
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Saad Janjua
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Domestic career
Janjua made his first-class debut for Pakistan ...
, Singaporean-Pakistani cricketer
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Saad Khader
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Caree ...
, Saudi Arabian television actor, director and producer
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Sa'ad Khair
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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
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, 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
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, former Emir of Kuwait
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Saad Salman
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, Iraqi-French film director
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Sa'ad bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud
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Saad bin Faisal Al Saud
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Saad bin Faisal was born in 1942 and was the so ...
Saad el-Shazly
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, 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
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, a companion of
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Saad Bin Zafar
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, Pakistan-Canadian cricket player
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Saad Zaghloul
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, Egyptian Prime Minister and anti-imperialist leader
Yusuf Saad Kamel
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, a Kenyan-born Bahraini professional athlete (runner)
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Abdul Aziz Sa'ad Al-Khaldi
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, Saudi Arabian detainee in Guantanamo
* Bilal Saad Mubarak, Qatari sportsman (shot putter)
* Khalid Saad Mohammed, Saudi Arabian detainee in Guantanamo
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Matthew Saad Muhammad
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* Salman Saad Al Khadi Mohammed, Saudi Arabian detainee in Guantanamo
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Ahmed Saad Osman
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, Libyan football player
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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
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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
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, 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
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Baba Saad
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Early life
Baba Saad was born in Beirut, Lebanon, but emigrated to Syke in northern Germany in 1994.
Care ...
, or just Saad, a German rapper of Lebanese origin
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Brandon Saad
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, 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
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Emmanuel Saad
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Biography
Emmanuel Saad was born on May 15, 1971. Despite not having a degree in music, he works ...
Fatima Saad
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Works Dubbing
*''Animaniacs'' – Dot Warner
*''Pokémon (anime), Pokémon'' as ...
(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
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Halim Saad
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, a Malaysian businessman
* Hasballah M. Saad, Indonesian politician
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, Sierra Leonean politician of Lebanese descent
* Khaled Saad, Jordanian football (soccer) player
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Mahmoud Saad (footballer, born 1952)
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, Egyptian football (soccer) player
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Mahmoud Saad (footballer, born 1983) Mahmood Saad may refer to:
*Mahmoud Saad (footballer, born 1952)
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, 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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Margit Saad was born in Munich, Germany, the daughter of a Lebanese lingu ...
Natasja Saad
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, late Danish rapper
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Nicolás Saad
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Saad is a graduate of Argentina's primary film school, the ''Universidad del Cine.''
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Di ...
, Argentinean film director
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Osama Saad
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(born 1954), Lebanese politician
* Razali Saad, Singaporean football (soccer) player
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Roberto Saad
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, former Argentinean professional tennis player
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Rola Saad
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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
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Siti binti Saad
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, 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
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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
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* Saad SC, an Ir ...
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People with the given name
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* Sadullah Güney (1883–1945), Ottom ...