Hamid refers to two different but related

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s, both of which come from the Arabic triconsonantal root of Ḥ-M-D (): # (

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: ''ḥāmed'') also spelled Haamed, Hamid or Hamed, and in Turkish Hamit; it means "lauder" or "one who praises". # (

: ''ḥamīd'') also spelled Hamid, or Hameed, in Turkish is Hamit, and in Azeri is Həmid or Һәмид; it means "lauded" or "praiseworthy".

Given name

Hamid

* Hamid Ahmadi (historian) (born 1945), Iranian historian * Hamid Ahmadi (futsal) (born 1988), Iranian futsal player * Hamid Ahmadieh (born 1953), Iranian ophthalmologist and medical scientist * Hamid Al Shaeri (born 1961), Egyptian-Libyan singer, songwriter, and musician * Hamid Arasly (1902–1983), Azeri and Soviet scientist * Hamid Idris Awate (1910–1962), Eritrean guerrilla commander * Hamid Berhili (born 1964), Moroccan boxer * Hamid Mahmood Butt, Pakistani ophthalmologist * Hamid Chitchian (born 1957), Iranian politician * Hamid Drake (born 1955), American musician * Hamid Etemad (born 1945), Iranian professor * Hamid Frangieh (1907–1981), Lebanese politician * Hamid Gabbay (born 1943), Iranian-born American architect * Hamid Ghandehari, Iranian-American drug chemist * Hamid Gul (1936–2015), Pakistani politician * Hamid Guska (born 1953), head coach of Bosnian national boxing team * Hamid Ul Haq Haqqani (1968-2025), Pakistani Islamic scholar and politician * Hamid Ismailov (born 1954), Uzbek journalist * Hamid Karzai (born 1957), President of Afghanistan from 2002 to 2014 * Hamid Merakchi (1976-2024), Algerian footballer * Hamid Hussain Musavi (1830-1888), Indian scholar * Hamid Notghi (1920–1999), Iranian Azeri poet, writer, author, university professor * Hamid Olimjon (1909–1944), Uzbek poet and scholar * Hamid Ekrem Šahinović (1879/1882–1936), Bosnian writer and dramatist * Hamid Naderi Yeganeh (born 1990), Iranian mathematical artist

Hamed / Hameed

* Hamed Dramé (born 2001), French footballer * Hamed Gohar (1907–1992), Egyptian oceanographer * Hamed Haddadi (born 1985), Iranian basketball player * Hamed Haghshenas (born 1994), Iranian para taekwondo practitioner * Hameed Haroon, Pakistani economist * Hamed Namouchi (born 1984), Tunisian footballer * Hameed Nizami (1915–1962), Pakistani journalist * Hamed Rasouli (born 1985), Iranian footballer * Hamed Sohrabnejad (born 1983), Iranian basketball player * Hamed Traorè (born 2000), Ivorian footballer

Middle name

* Abed Hamed Mowhoush (1947-2003), Iraqi general * Awad Hamed al-Bandar (1945–2007), Iraqi chief judge * Mohammad Hamid Ansari (born 1937), vice-president of India

Surname

* Alejandro Hamed (1934–2023), Paraguayan diplomat and Arabist * Amir Hamed (1962–2017), Uruguayan writer and translator * Amr Hamed (died 1998), Canadian terrorist * Ezzedin Yacoub Hamed, Egyptian Long Jumper * Haseeb Hameed (born 1997), English cricketer * Ibrahim Hamed (born 1965), Hamas military commander * Mohsin Hamid (born 1971), Pakistani British author * Jasmin Hamid (born 1984), Finnish actress * Mohamed Naguib Hamed (born 1962), Egyptian athlete * Naseem Hamed (born 1974), British boxer * Nima Arkani-Hamed (born 1972), Iranian-American-Canadian theoretical physicist * Rani Hamid (born 1944), Bangladeshi chess player * Sanaa Ismail Hamed (born 1984), Egyptian model * Taha Bidaywi Hamed, Iraqi politician * Yasmeen Hameed (born 1952), Pakistani Urdu poet * Zid Abou Hamed (born 1970), Australian athlete

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