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Sayegh () is an Arabic surname which means
goldsmith A goldsmith is a Metalworking, metalworker who specializes in working with gold and other precious metals. Modern goldsmiths mainly specialize in jewelry-making but historically, they have also made cutlery, silverware, platter (dishware), plat ...
. It has also some variants, like ''Saieg'' or ''Sayigh''. It is especially common in the
Levant The Levant ( ) is the subregion that borders the Eastern Mediterranean, Eastern Mediterranean sea to the west, and forms the core of West Asia and the political term, Middle East, ''Middle East''. In its narrowest sense, which is in use toda ...
. Notable people with the surname include:


Sayegh

* Abdul Nasser Al-Sayegh (born 1959), Kuwaiti fencer * Adnan Al-Sayegh (born 1955), Iraqi singer * Ahmad Ali Al Sayegh (born 1962), Emirati businessman and CEO of
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* Bashar Al-Sayegh (born 1977), Kuwaiti journalist and politician * Daud as-Sayegh, Iraqi communist politician * Fayez Sayegh, Palestinian-American academic * Fayez Sayegh (1922–1980), Palestinian-American academic and civil servant * Faisal Al Sayegh, Lebanese Druze politician * Hani al-Sayegh, Saudi citizen, and alleged member of Hezbollah Al-Hejaz *
Jean Sayegh Jean Sayegh (born June 28, 1981, in Lebanon) is a male water polo player from Canada. He was a member of the Canada men's national water polo team, that claimed the bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Sayegh was ...
(born 1981), Canadian water polo player * Jim Sayegh, American television director * Joe Sayegh, (1884–1946) Syrian born New Zealand politician and businessman *
Maximos IV Sayegh Maximos IV Sayegh (or ''Saïgh''; 10 April 1878 – 5 November 1967) was a Catholic Church in Syria, Syrian Catholic prelate who served as List of Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchs of Antioch, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, and Alexandria ...
(1878–1967), Syrian cardinal *
May Sayegh May Musa Sayegh (; 1940 – 5 February 2023),
also spelled Mai Sayegh, was a Palestinian poet,
(1940–2023), Palestinian poet, feminist, political activist and writer * Nader Sayegh, Jordanian-American politician, attorney, and educator * Patricio Sayegh (born 1967), Argentine professional association footballer * Percy Sayegh (born 1965), Lebanese swimmer * Salim Sayegh, Lebanese academic and politician *
Salim Sayegh (Catholic bishop) Salim Sayegh (born 15 March 1935 in Rumaimin, Jordan) is a Jordanian Catholic prelate who served as a patriarchal vicar for Jordan in the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem from 1981 to 2012. Career Salim Sayegh received on 28 June 1959 his ordination ...
(born 1935), Patriarchal Vicar for Jordan in the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem * Tony Sayegh, United States Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Public Affairs


Sayigh

* Anis Sayigh (1931–2009), Palestinian historian * Fayez Sayigh (1922–1980), Palestinian academic * Rosemary Sayigh (born 1935), British-Palestinian writer and journalist * Tawfiq Sayigh (1923–1971) Palestinian academic, writer and journalist. * Yezid Sayigh (born 1955), Palestinian historian * Yusif Sayigh (1916–2004), Palestinian economist {{DEFAULTSORT:Sayegh Arabic-language surnames Occupational surnames