Said ( ), also spelled Saeid, Said, Saïd, Sid, Saeed, Saed, Saied, Sayeed or Sayid, is a male Arabic

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which means "blessed (in Quranic Classical Arabic), good luck, joy" or "happy, patient". The name stems from the Arabic verb ''sa‘ada'' (سَعَدَ – 'to be happy, fortunate or lucky'). The lesser uncommon form of the name Said is "Suid (سُعِيد ''suīd'')" and the feminine form of the name is Saida (Saidah, سَعِيدة ''saīdah'') or Suida (Suidah, سُعِيدة ''suīdah''). Said is another variant from the Arabic given name Saad. The written form of the name in Turkish is Sait and in Bosnian is Seid. Said or Sid is the spelling used in most Latin languages.

Given name

First

Sa'id of Egypt Mohamed Sa'id Pasha (, , March 17, 1822 – January 17, 1863) was the Wāli of Egypt Eyalet, Egypt and Turco-Egyptian Sudan, Sudan from 1854 until 1863, officially owing fealty to the Ottoman Sultan but in practice exercising virtual independence ...

(or Sa'id Pasha, 1822–1863), Ottoman Viceroy and Egyptian ruler for whom Port Said is named *

Saeed Ajmal Saeed Ajmal SI ( Punjabi, ; born 14 October 1977) is a Pakistani cricket coach and former cricketer who played all forms of the game. He is a right-arm off-spin bowler who bats right handed. At domestic level in Pakistan he represented Faisal ...

, Pakistani cricketer * Saeid Alihosseini (born 1988), Iranian weightlifter * Said Salim Bakhresa, a Tanzanian businessman *

Said Bahaji Said Bahaji (, also Romanization of Arabic, transliterated as Saeed Bahaji, also known as Zuhayr al-Maghribi, 15 July 1975 in Haselünne, Lower Saxony – September 2013), was a citizen of Germany, electrical engineering and computer science, ele ...

, German al-Qaeda member * Saeid Bayat (born 1976), Iranian football midfielder * Saeed Blacknall (born 1996), American football player * Saïd Bouteflika (born 1958), Algerian politician and brother of former Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika * Saïd Bouziri (1947–2009), Tunisian human rights and immigrant rights activist in France * Saeid Davarpanah (born 1987), Iranian professional basketball player * Saeid Ebrahimi (born 1982), Iranian wrestler *

Saeed al-Ghamdi Saeed Abdullah Ali Sulayman al-Ghamdi (; 21 November 1979 11 September 2001) was a Saudi terrorist hijacker. He was one of four terrorist hijackers of United Airlines Flight 93 as part of the 11 September attacks. Despite his name, he was n ...

, Saudi terrorist and 9/11 hijacker * Said al-Ghazzi (1893–1967), Syrian lawyer and politician * Saeed Hanaei, Iranian serial killer * Sa'id Hormozi, Iranian musician * Sa'id ibn Jubayr (665–714), one of the leading Tabi‘un * Said Kamal (1938–2017), Palestinian politician *

Sultan Said Khan Sultan Said Khan (Chagatai language, Chagatai and Persian language, Persian: سلطان سعید خان) ruled the Yarkent Khanate from September 1514 to July 1533. He was born in the late 15th century in Moghulistan, and he was a direct descend ...

, ruler of Kashgaria in 1514–1533 *

Saeid Marouf Mir Saeid Marouf Lakerani (; born 20 October 1985) is an Iranian volleyball setter. He was the captain of the Iranian national team. He was named best setter at the 2014 World League and 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympic qualifying tournaments, as w ...

(born 1985), a volleyball player from Iran *

Saeed al-Masri Mustafa Ahmed Muhammad Uthman Abu al-Yazid (), better known as Saeed al-Masri () or simply al-Masri, (February 27, 1955 - May 21, 2010) was an Egyptian who was alleged to have acted as the financial chief for al-Qaeda. Along with Mahfouz Ould al ...

, Egyptian al-Qaeda member *

Saeed Akhtar Mirza Saeed Akhtar Mirza (born 30 June 1943) is an Indian screenwriter and director in Hindi films and television. He is the maker of notable parallel films such as '' Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho!'' (1984), '' Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai'' (1980) ...

(born 1943), Indian film director *

Said Musa Said Wilbert Musa (, born 19 March 1944) is a Belizean lawyer and politician. He was the third prime minister of Belize from 28 August 1998 to 8 February 2008. Early life and education Said Wilbert Musa was born in 1944 in San Ignacio in the ...

, Belizean politician *

Saeed Nafisi Saeed Nafisi (also Naficy) (; June 8, 1895 – November 13, 1966) was an Iranian scholar, fiction writer and poet. He was a prolific writer in Persian. Nafisi was born in Tehran, where he conducted numerous research projects on Iranian culture, l ...

, Iranian scholar *

Saeed Naqvi Saeed Naqvi is senior Indian journalist, television commentator, interviewer. He has interviewed world leaders and personalities in India and abroad, which appear in newspapers, magazines and on national television, remained editor of the ''Wor ...

, Indian journalist *

Said Nursî Said Nursi (1877Şükran Vahide, Islam in Modern Turkey: An Intellectual Biography of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, p 3. – 23 March 1960) was a Kurdish scholar of Islam who wrote the Risale-i Nur Collection, a body of Qur'anic commentary exceedin ...

(1878–1960), Muslim Scholar from Turkey * Said Paulo Arges (1905–1994), Brazilian footballer * Saeid Pirdoost, Iranian actor * Said Sheikh Samatar, Somali historian * Said Mohammad Sammour (born 1950), Syrian politician * Said Shavershian (born 1986), Australian bodybuilder * Said Ali al-Shihri, Saudi Arabian al-Qaeda member *

Said bin Sultan Sayyid Saïd bin Sultan al-Busaidi (, , ) (5 June 1791 – 19 October 1856) was Sultan of Muscat and Oman, the fifth ruler of the Al Bu Said dynasty from 1804 to 4 June 1856. His rule began after a period of conflict and internecine rivalry of su ...

(1797–1856), Sultan of Muscat and Oman *

Saïd Taghmaoui Saïd Taghmaoui (; born 19 July 1973) is a French actor. One of his major screen roles was that of Saïd in the 1995 French film '' La Haine'', directed by Mathieu Kassovitz. Taghmaoui has also appeared in a number of English-language films, wi ...

(born 1973), French actor * Said bin Taimur (1910–1972), previous Sultan of Oman *

Sa'id ibn Uthman Sa'id ibn Uthman ibn Affan al-Umawi (; died ) was an Umayyad general and military governor of Khurasan in 676–677 during the reign of Caliph Mu'awiya I. He was a son of Caliph Uthman () and a one-time seeker of the caliphate in 675/76. During ...

(died 680), one of the Tabi‘un and son of

Uthman Uthman ibn Affan (17 June 656) was the third caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate, ruling from 644 until his assassination in 656. Uthman, a second cousin, son-in-law, and notable companion of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad, played a major role ...

* Saeed Abubakr Zakaria, 21st-century Ghanaian scholar and leading member of Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jamaa'a * Sa'id bin Zayd (593–673), one of the companions of Muhammed

Middle

* Ali Said Raygal, Somali politician *

Mehmed Said Pasha Mehmed Said Pasha (‎; 1838–1914), also known as Küçük Said Pasha (; "Said Pasha the Younger") or Şapur Çelebi or in his youth as Mabeyn Başkâtibi Said Bey, was an Ottoman Turkish monarchist, senator, statesman and editor of the ...

(or Said Pasha, 1830–1914), Ottoman Grand Vizier

Abu Sa'id

Abu Sa'id (Ilkhanid dynasty) Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan (June 2, 1305 – December 1, 1335; ), also spelled Abusaid Bahador Khan, Abu Sa'id Behauder (Modern , ''Abu sayid Baghatur Khan'', in modern Mongolian Cyrillic alphabet, Mongolian), was the ninth ruler (c. 1316 – 1335) ...

(1316–1335), ninth ruler of the Ilkhanate state in Iran *

Abu Sa'id (Timurid dynasty) Abu Sa'id Mirza (Chagatay language, Chagatay/; 14248 February 1469) was the ruler of the Timurid Empire during the mid-fifteenth century. Born a minor prince of the Timurid dynasty, Abu Sa'id quickly established himself as the most prominent am ...

(1424–1469), mid-fifteenth century Timurid Empire ruler in what are today parts of Persia and Afghanistan * Abu Said Faraj, a Nasrid prince of Granada, d. 1320 * Abu Sa'id al-Khudri * Abū-Sa'īd Abul-Khayr (967–1049), Persian Sufi and poet * Khaled al-Hassan (1928–1994), known as Abu Said, Palestine Liberation Organization leader * Abu Saeed Muhammad Omar Ali (1919–2012), Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and translator

Surname

* Abdallah El Said (born 1985), Egyptian footballer * Abdelmadjid Sidi Said, leader of the Algerian trade union UGTA * Abdulla Saeed (born 1964), chief justice of the Maldives * Amina Said (born 1953), poet * Anjum Saeed (born 1968), Pakistani field hockey player * Anne Said (1914–1995), English artist * Azmat Saeed (1954–2025), Pakistani judge, justice of the supreme court *

Boris Said Boris Said III (born September 18, 1962) is an American professional racing driver. Said has competed in a variety of disciplines including stock car racing, stock cars, sports car racing, sports cars and touring car racing, touring cars. Said la ...

(born 1962), American race car driver * Brian Said (born 1973), Maltese footballer *

Edward Said Edward Wadie Said (1 November 1935 – 24 September 2003) was a Palestinian-American academic, literary critic, and political activist. As a professor of literature at Columbia University, he was among the founders of Postcolonialism, post-co ...

(1935–2003), Palestinian-American literary critic and theorist * Hakim Said (1920–1998), Pakistani physician and scholar * Hilda Saeed (born 1936), Pakistani activist and journalist * Hussein Saeed (born 1958), Iraqi footballer * Islam Said, birth name of musician "Islam Chipsy" *

Kais Saied Kais Saied ( ; born 22 February 1958) is a Tunisian politician, jurist and retired assistant professor of law currently serving as the fifth president of Tunisia since October 2019. He was president of the Tunisian Association of Constitutional ...

, Tunisian politician * Kurban Said, pseudonym for the author of the novel ''Ali and Nino'' * Mahmoud Saeed (1939–2025), Iraqi-born American novelist * Nasser Al Saeed (1923–unknown), Saudi Arabian writer * Samira Said (born 1961), Moroccan pop star * Wafic Saïd (born 1939), Syrian businessman *

Yaser Abdel Said Yaser Abdel Said (; born January 27, 1957) is an Egyptian-American convicted murderer. For 12 years, Said evaded arrest for the January 1, 2008, fatal shootings of his two daughters, whose bodies were found in his abandoned taxi cab in Irving, T ...

, FBI Top 10 Most Wanted fugitive *

Qaboos bin Said Al Said Qaboos bin Said Al Said (, ; 18 November 1940 – 10 January 2020) was Sultan of Oman from 23 July 1970 until his death in 2020. A fifteenth-generation descendant of the founder of the Al Bu Said dynasty, he was the longest-serving leader in ...

, previous Sultan of Oman * Harun bin Said or Harun Thohir (died 1968), birth name Tahir bin Mandir, Indonesian soldier and terrorist

In Christendom

The Maltese surname ''Saïd'' has the same origin but has been borne by Latin Catholics for over seven centuries. Most Maltese surnames are of Italian origin, but this (with ''Abdilla'') is one of the very few authentically Arabic given names that have survived in the islands as family names. It is a variant of the medieval Sicilian Christian surname ''Saido'' or ''Saito'' (''Saidu''), which was derived from the Siculo-Arabic given name ''Sa'īd'' used by both Muslims and Christians. In Sicily and Malta, this surname was sometimes Italianized as ''(De) Felice''. The surname was established in Malta by 1419, appearing mostly as ''Sayd'' in the militia list of that year. In the 1480 militia list it is spelt mostly ''Said'', but was later variously written ''Said'', ''Sayd'', ''Sajt'', ''Sait'' in the Catholic church census of 1687. The anachronistic and undocumented claim that 'Nicolò Sayd', a grandson of Cem (1459–1496, the renegade son of Turkish Sultan Mehmet II) settled in Malta and became the ancestor of all Maltese bearing the surname ''Said'' is a fantasy inspired by the writings of historical novelists Maurice Caron and John Freely and recently promoted by amateur genealogists. Today, francophone countries use transliterations of that name. These include the name Seydou, which is common in West Africa.

Fictional characters

Sayid Jarrah Sayid Hassan Jarrah (, ''Sa‘īd Ḥassān Jarrāḥ'') is a fictional character from the ABC show '' Lost'' portrayed by Naveen Andrews. Appearances Prior to the crash Sayid originally served as a communications officer in Iraq's Special Re ...

, character on the television series ''Lost'' *

Kareem Saïd The characters of ''Oz (TV series), Oz'', fictional characters on the television series about prison life, are a diverse mixture of inmates from various gangs and prison staff. Cast timeline : Main character, Main cast ("Starring" in opening c ...

, character on the HBO drama ''Oz'' * Said Rachid, character on the television series '' O Clone'', interpreted by

Dalton Vigh Dalton Vigh de Sousa Vales (born July 10, 1964) is a Brazilian actor. Biography At three years Dalton moved to Santos, and in 1986 moved to São Paulo. Graduated in Advertising in the Methodist University of São Paulo, did not follow his ...

. *Mustafa Sa'eed, protagonist of the novel

Season of Migration to the North ''Season of Migration to the North'' ( ) is novel by the Sudanese writer Tayeb Salih, first published serially in the Beirut journal '' Hiwâr'' in 1966. It became Salih's best known work and is considered a classic of postcolonial literature. T ...

*Saïd, character on the movie '' La Haine''

Other uses

* (spelled with a

Ṣād Tsade (also spelled , , , , tzadi, sadhe, tzaddik) is the eighteenth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician ''ṣādē'' 𐤑, Hebrew ''ṣādī'' , Aramaic ''ṣāḏē'' 𐡑, Syriac ''ṣāḏē'' ܨ, Ge'ez ''ṣädäy'' ጸ, an ...

, ) is the Arabic term for

Upper Egypt Upper Egypt ( ', shortened to , , locally: ) is the southern portion of Egypt and is composed of the Nile River valley south of the delta and the 30th parallel North. It thus consists of the entire Nile River valley from Cairo south to Lake N ...

. The personal name is related to a different root, whose first letter is Sīn. ** Sa'idi people refers to the inhabitants of Upper Egypt. *

Saïd Business School Saïd Business School (Oxford Saïd or SBS) is the business school of the University of Oxford. The school is a provider of management education. Business and management classes started at Oxford in 1965 when the Centre of Management Studies, ...

at Oxford University, name after Wafic Saïd