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s, both of which come from the Arabic

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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) Hamid Ahmadi (; born April 15, 1945 in Sari, Iran, Sari, Iran) is a historian of modern Iranian history. He received his Msc in Naval Studies, M.A. in Political Science and worked on his Ph.D. in this field at the Free University of Berlin. Ahmad ...

(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 Hamid Idris Awate (; 10 April 1910 – 28 May 1962) was an Eritrean revolutionary and prominent guerrilla commander, and a symbol of the Eritrean War of Independence and independence struggle. Early life in Italian Eritrea Awate was born in 191 ...

(1910–1962), Eritrean guerrilla commander *

Hamid Berhili Hamid Berhili (born May 14, 1964) is a retired male boxer from Morocco, who twice competed for his North African country at the Summer Olympics: 1992 and 1996. He is best known for winning the bronze medal in the men's light flyweight division (& ...

(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 Hamid Frangieh (6 August 1907 – 5 September 1981) was a Lebanese member of the Parliament of Lebanon and held numerous ministerial positions in the Lebanese government. He was one of the Maronite leaders of Lebanon. Early life Hamid was b ...

(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 Hamid Guska (born 15 February 1953 in Glavatičevo) is a Bosnian boxing trainer and a former boxer. Boxing career He started his amateur boxing career in 1974 in BK Partizan Sarajevo. His boxing career ended 1980 due to an arm injury. One year ...

(born 1953), head coach of Bosnian national boxing team *

Hamid Ul Haq Haqqani Maulana Hamid ul Haq Haqqani (; 26 May 1968 – 28 February 2025) was a Pakistani politician and Islamic scholar who served as a member of the 12th National Assembly of Pakistan from 16 November 2002 until 10 October 2007, when he resigned in ...

(1968-2025), Pakistani Islamic scholar and politician *

Hamid Ismailov Hamid Ismailov () () born May 5, 1954, in Tokmok, Kyrgyzstan, is an Uzbek journalist and writer who was forced to flee Uzbekistan in 1992 and came to the United Kingdom, where he took a job with the BBC World Service. He left the BBC on 30 April ...

(born 1954), Uzbek journalist *

Hamid Karzai Hamid Karzai (born 24 December 1957) is an Afghan politician who served as the fourth president of Afghanistan from 2002 to 2014, including as the first president of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan from 2004 to 2014. He previously served a ...

(born 1957), President of Afghanistan from 2002 to 2014 *

Hamid Merakchi Hamid Merakchi (28 January 1976 – 16 November 2024) was an Algerian professional footballer who played as a forward. Career Merakchi spent most of his career in Algeria, but had a spell with Turkish club Gençlerbirliği where he played in ...

(1976-2024), Algerian footballer *

Hamid Hussain Musavi Syed Hamid Hussain Musavi ''Kintoori Lakhnavi Hindi Neshapuri'' (1830 - 1888) (Hindi: आयतुल्लाह सय्यिद मीर हामिद हुसैन मुसवी किन्तूरी लखनवी, Urdu: آيت ...

(1830-1888), Indian scholar *

Hamid Notghi Hamid Notghi (, 1920–1999) was an Iranian poet, writer, author, university professor. Notghi was the founder and father of modern public relations in Iran. Literary works Javad Heyat founded Varliq magazine in 1979 with Hamid Notghi. Ther ...

(1920–1999), Iranian Azeri poet, writer, author, university professor *

Hamid Olimjon Hamid Olimjon (sometimes spelled Hamid Alimjan in English; ; ; 12 December 1909 – 3 July 1944) was an Uzbek poet, playwright, scholar, and literary translator of the Soviet period. Hamid Olimjon is considered to be one of the finest twentieth- ...

(1909–1944), Uzbek poet and scholar *

Hamid Ekrem Šahinović Hamid Ekrem Šahinović (1879/1882 – 30 December 1936) was a Bosnian writer and dramatist. He was editor of ''Muslimanska svijest'' (), a Bosnian-language newspaper supporting the Young Turks political reform movement, and ''Novi Behar'', the ...

(1879/1882–1936), Bosnian writer and dramatist *

Hamid Naderi Yeganeh Hamid Naderi Yeganeh (; born 26 July 1990, in Iran) is an Iranian mathematical artist and digital artist. He is known for using mathematical formulas to create drawings of real-life objects, intricate and symmetrical illustrations, animations, ...

(born 1990), Iranian mathematical artist

Hamed / Hameed

* Hamed Dramé (born 2001), French footballer * Hamed Gohar (1907–1992), Egyptian oceanographer *

Hamed Haddadi Hamed Ehdadi Haddadi (, , born May 19, 1985) is an Iranian professional basketball player for Palayesh Naft Abadan of the Iranian Basketball Super League (IBSL). He played at the center position and is tall and weighs . Haddadi was the first ...

(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 Mohammad Hamid Ansari (; born 1 April 1937) is an Indian bureaucrat and retired Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer who was the vice president of India from 2007 to 2017. Ansari joined the IFS in 1961. In a diplomatic career spanning 38 year ...

(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 Naseem Hamed (Arabic: نسيم حميد; born 12 February 1974), nicknamed Prince Naseem and Naz, is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1992 to 2002.Davies, Gareth A (8 June 2015)"Prince Naseem Hamed: 'I always thought they w ...

(born 1974), British boxer *

Nima Arkani-Hamed Nima Arkani-Hamed (; born April 5, 1972) is an Iranian-American-Canadian

(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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