Uday or Odai is a masculine name in

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as well as several Indian languages. In numerous Indian languages, including Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Tamil and others, it means 'dawn' or 'rise'. The Arabic name () means 'runner' or 'rising'.

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Uday Benegal Indus Creed is an Indian rock band based in Mumbai. The group was founded in 1984 as Rock Machine and renamed in 1993. They disbanded in 1997, only to regroup in 2010 with a new lineup. In its 2014 listing of "25 Greatest Indian Rock Songs of ...

, Indian musician *

Uday Pratap Singh Uday Pratap Singh Yadav (born 18 May 1932) is an Indian politician of the Samajwadi Party in India who represented the state of Uttar Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha between 2002 and 2008. He was a member of the Lok Sabha from 1989–1996. Early ...

, Indian titular of Bhadri state. *

Uday Chopra Uday Raj Chopra (born 5 January 1973) is an Indian actor and producer. He is the son of filmmaker Yash Chopra. He made his acting debut in the 2000 film ''Mohabbatein'' and featured in several other films including ''Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai'' ...

, Bollywood actor *

Uday Hussein Uday Saddam Hussein (; 18 June 1964 – 22 July 2003) was an Iraqi politician and businessman. He was the eldest son of Iraqi president Saddam Hussein and his first wife Sajida Talfah. Owing to his family connections, Uday held various roles i ...

, Iraqi politician and businessman *

Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir Adi ibn Musafir (, ; born 1072–1078, died 1162) was a Sunni Muslim sheikh who founded the Adawiyya order. He is also considered a Yazidi saint. The Yazidis consider him as an avatar of Tawûsî Melek, which means "Peacock Angel". His tomb ...

, medieval Yazidi saint * Oday Jafal, Syrian footballer *

Uday Kiran Vajapeyajula Uday Kiran, better known as Uday Kiran (26 June 1980 – 5 January 2014) was an Indian actor who primarily worked in Telugu cinema and has acted in some Tamil language, Tamil films. His first three films, ''Chitram'' (2000), ''Nuvv ...

, Indian film actor *

Uday Kotak Uday Suresh Kotak (born 15 March 1959) is an Indian billionaire banker and founder of Kotak Mahindra Bank, where he is a non-executive director. He resigned from his CEO position in September 2023. He handed over the digital banking CEO role t ...

, Indian businessman *

Uday Merchant Udaykant Madhavji Merchant (14 August 1916 – 7 February 1985) was an Indian first class cricketer. The brother of Test player Vijay Merchant Vijay Singh Madhavji Merchant , (born Vijay Madhavji Thackersey; 12 October 1911 – 27 Octob ...

, Indian cricketer * Ouday Raad, Lebanese actor and voice actor * Oday Rasheed, Iraqi film director *

, Indian politician *

Odai Al-Saify Odai Yusuf Ismaeel Al-Saify () is a Jordanian footballer who plays for Qadsia SC and the Jordan national football team. Club career Al-Saify started his career playing for Shabab Al-Ordon, in which he was loaned out to Al-Dhafra in the Unit ...

, Jordanian footballer *

Uday Shankar Uday Shankar (born Uday Shankar Choudhary; 8 December 1900 – 26 September 1977) was an Indian dancer and choreographer, best known for creating a fusion style of dance, adapting European theatrical techniques to Indian classical dance, imbu ...

, Indian choreographer * Udai Singh, Indian royalty *

Uday Singh Uday Singh (born 9 November 1952) is an Indian politician who is currently serving as the 1st National President of the Jan Suraaj Party since May 2025. He previously represented the Purnia constituency of Bihar in the 14th and 15th Lok Sab ...

, Indian politician *

Uday Singh (Fiji politician) Uday Singh (born 9 November 1952) is an Indian politician who is currently serving as the 1st National President of the Jan Suraaj Party since May 2025. He previously represented the Purnia constituency of Bihar in the 14th and 15th Lok S ...

, Indo-Fijian politician *

Oday Taleb Oday Talib () (born 1 July 1981 in Iraq) is a former Iraqi goalkeeper. He last played for Naft Al-Basra. Career Talib began his career with Al-Shorta in 2002 before earning a move the following season to Baghdad-based team Al-Zawraa. After ...

, Iraqi footballer

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