Saad (name)


Saad is a common male Arabic given name. The name stems from the Arabic verb .
Saad is the stem of variant given names Suad and Sa‘id.
It may be a shortened version of Sa'd al-Din, and is not to be confused with it. It is not the same as the single Arabic letter ṣād, which has no intrinsic meaning.
It may refer to:

Tribal name

  • Banu Sa'd, a Saudi tribe
  • Al Bu Sa’ad, a Hashemite Jifrid tribe in Yemen & parts of Somalia

    First name

  • Saad Albazei, Saudi Arabian intellectual
  • Saad Shaddad Al-Asmari, Saudi Arabian runner
  • Saad Awad, American mixed martial artist of Palestinian descent
  • Saad Benyamin, Iraqi international football player
  • Saad El-Hawli, Australian rules footballer
  • Saad Eskander, Iraqi-Kurdish academic and researcher
  • Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli, Kuwaiti football referee
  • Sa'ad Al-Faqih, Saudi dissident
  • Saad Haddad, Lebanese military personnel
  • Saad Hafeez, Danish cricketer
  • Saad Hariri, Lebanese politician, former Prime Minister of Lebanon
  • Saad Haroon, Pakistani comedian
  • Saad Al-Harthi, Saudi Arabian footballer
  • Saad Hamdan, Lebanese actor and voice actor
  • Saad Hayel Srour, Jordanian politician
  • Saad Ichalalène, Algerian football player
  • Saad Janjua, Singaporean-Pakistani cricketer
  • Saad Khader, Saudi Arabian television actor, director and producer
  • Sa'ad Khair, Jordanian Intelligence and security official
  • Saad Khan, Indian film director, screenwriter and acting teacher
  • Saad Lamjarred, Moroccan pop singer-songwriter, actor and record producer
  • Saad Mamoun, Egyptian military commander
  • Saad Madhi Saad Howash Al Azmi, Kuwaiti detainee in Guantanamo
  • Saad Mohseni, Afghani-Australian businessman
  • Saʿd ibn Muaʿdh, an Arabian tribal leader and an early convert to Islam
  • Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, former Emir of Kuwait
  • Saad Salman, Iraqi-French film director
  • Sa'ad bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud, Saudi royal
  • Saad bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi royal
  • Saad bin Faisal Al Saud, Saudi royal
  • Saad bin Saud Al Saud, Saudi royal
  • Saad Al-Shammari, Qatari footballer
  • Saad el-Shazly, Egyptian military personality
  • Saad Tedjar, Algerian football player
  • Saad Bin Tefla, Kuwaiti businessman and politician
  • Sa'd ibn Ubadah, an Arabian tribal leader and an early convert to Islam
  • Sa`d ibn Abi Waqqas, a companion of Muhammad
  • Saad Bin Zafar, Pakistan-Canadian cricket player
  • Saad Zaghloul, Egyptian Prime Minister and anti-imperialist leader

    Middle name

  • Mohammad Ibn Sa'd al-Baghdadi, aka Ibn Sa'd, often called Katib ul-Waqidi, the scribe of Waqidi
  • Yusuf Saad Kamel, a Kenyan-born Bahraini professional athlete
  • Abdul Aziz Sa'ad Al-Khaldi, Saudi Arabian detainee in Guantanamo
  • Bilal Saad Mubarak, Qatari sportsman
  • Khalid Saad Mohammed, Saudi Arabian detainee in Guantanamo
  • Matthew Saad Muhammad, American former boxer
  • Salman Saad Al Khadi Mohammed, Saudi Arabian detainee in Guantanamo
  • Ahmed Saad Osman, Libyan football player
  • Khawaja Saad Rafique, Pakistani politician

    Family name

  • Abbas Saad, Australian former international football player of Lebanese origin
  • Abdulrahman Mohamed Saad, Qatari basketball player
  • Adam Saad, Australian rules footballer
  • Ahmed Saad, Australian rules football player of Egyptian descent
  • Antoine Saad, Lebanese politician
  • Baba Saad, or just Saad, a German rapper of Lebanese origin
  • Brandon Saad, American ice hockey player of Syrian origin
  • Emir Saad, real name Alan Digorsky, Ossetian Islamist militant and the first leader of the Ossetian Jamaat Kataib al-Khoul
  • Emmanuel Saad, Egyptian Coptic composer, music arranger
  • Ezzat Saad, Egyptian diplomat
  • Fatima Saad, Syrian actress
  • Felipe Saad, Brazilian football player
  • Gad Saad, Jewish-Canadian behavioural scientist and university professor
  • Ghanim Bin Saad Al Saad, Qatari businessman
  • Habib Pacha Es-Saad, Lebanese politician and former Prime Minister
  • Halim Saad, a Malaysian businessman
  • Hasballah M. Saad, Indonesian politician
  • Henry Saad, American Michigan-based judge
  • John Saad, Sierra Leonean politician of Lebanese descent
  • Khaled Saad, Jordanian football player
  • Mahmoud Saad, Egyptian football player
  • Mahmoud Saad, Egyptian football player
  • Malik Saad, Pakistani senior police officer, engineer
  • Margit Saad, German film and television actress
  • Matías Saad, Argentine professional football player
  • Mohamed Saad
  • Naeem Saad, Kuwaiti football player
  • Natasja Saad, late Danish rapper
  • Nicolás Saad, Argentinean film director
  • Osama Saad, Lebanese politician
  • Ra'ad Sa'ad, Hamas senior commander
  • Razali Saad, Singaporean football player
  • Roberto Saad, former Argentinean professional tennis player
  • Rola Saad, Lebanese pop singer and model
  • Rola Saad, Lebanese pan-Arab television personality, producing well-known television shows including the Arab version of Star Academy
  • Salem Saad, Emirati football player
  • Shahrizal Saad, Malaysian football player
  • Siti binti Saad, Tanzanian taraab artist
  • Soony Saad, Arab-American soccer player
  • Stephen Saad, South African businessman
  • Syamsul Saad, Malaysian football player
  • Waseelah Saad, Yemeni track and field sprint athlete
  • Yousef Saad, American computer scientist of Algerian origin