Abid

Abid ( ‘Ābid), also Abed, literally meaning worshipper, adorer, devout is an Arabic name. It may be either a surname or given name.

In the Russian language, "" (Abid), or its form "" (Avid), is an old and uncommon male given name. Included into various, often handwritten, church calendars throughout the 17th–19th centuries, it was omitted from the official Synodal Menologium at the end of the 19th century. Its origins are either Arabic (where it means desired) or Aramaic (where it means work, labor). The diminutive of "Avid" is Avidka (). The patronymics derived from "Avid" are "" (Avidovich; masculine) and "" (Avidovna; feminine).

As a surname, in the form Al-Abid () and its variants, it is shared by the following people:

• Ahmad Izzat Pasha al-Abid (1855–1924), Syrian counselor to Ottoman Sultan Abdulhamid II
• Hawlu Pasha al-Abid (1824–1895), prominent Syrian administrator during the reign of Ottoman Sultan Abdulaziz; father of the former
• Muhammad Ali Bay al-Abid (1867–1939), first president of the mandatory Syrian Republic; grandson of the former
• Nawaf Al Abed (born 1990), Saudi association football player

As a surname:

• Abid Ali Abid (1906–1971), Urdu and Persian critic and poet
• Chaudhry Abid Sher Ali (born 1971), Pakistani politician and businessman
• Fazle Hasan Abed (1936–2019), Bangladeshi/British social worker
• Kalbe Abid (died 1986, Maulana Syed Kalbe Abid Naqvi), mujtahid
• Pépé Abed, (1911–2006), Lebanese adventurer, explorer, and entrepreneur
• Qazi Abdul Majeed Abid (1915–1996), Pakistani politician and journalist
• Laïla Abid (born 1977), Moroccan-Dutch journalist
• Mohammed Abed al-Jabri (1936–2010), Moroccan critic and professor of philosophy and Islamic thought
• Ramzi Abid (born 1980), Canadian professional ice hockey player
• Ramzi Abed (born 1973), American film director
• Shireen Abed, Palestinian pediatrician and neonatal specialist
• Zara Abid (1992–2020), Pakistani model

As a given name or colloquial name, it is shared by the following people:

• Abid Ali, multiple people
• Abed Azrie (born 1945), Syrian singer of Arab classical music
• Abid Briki (born 1957), Tunisian trade unionist and politician
• Abed Daoudieh (1920–2015), Jordanian politician
• Abid Ghoffar Aboe Dja'far (born 1954), Javanese Indonesian singer-songwriter
• Abid Hamid Mahmud (1957–2012), Iraqi military officer
• Abid Hasan (diplomat) (1911–1984), officer of the Indian National Army
• Abid Hassan Minto (born 1932), Pakistani lawyer
• Abed Hishoono (born 1974), Namibian politician
• Abid Hussain (1926–2012), Indian economist and diplomat
• Abid Kashmiri (1950–2024), Pakistani actor and comedian
• Abed Khan (born 1945), Bangladeshi journalist
• Abid Kovačević (born 1952), former Bosnian association football player
• Abed Mahfouz (born 1956), Lebanese fashion designer
• Abid Mutlak al-Jubouri (late 20th century), Iraqi politician
• Abid Nabi (born 1985), Indian first class cricketer
• Abed Nadir, fictional character on the TV show Community
• Abid Qaiyum Suleri (born 1969), Pakistani social policy analyst and development practitioner
• Abed Rabah (born 1975), Israeli association football player
• Abid Raja (born 1975), Pakistani Norwegian politician
• Abid Raza (born 1981), Guantanamo Bay detainee
• Abidur Reza Chowdhury (1872–1961), Bengali politician and educationist
• Abed Yassin (born 2004), Palestinian footballer

See also

• Abid Ali (disambiguation)
• Abidi
• Abdi
• Ebed, the cognate name in Hebrew

References

Notes

Sources

• Н. А. Петровский (N. A. Petrovsky). "Словарь русских личных имён" (Dictionary of Russian First Names). ООО Издательство "АСТ". Москва, 2005.
• А. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya). "Словарь русских имён" (Dictionary of Russian Names). Издательство Эксмо. Москва, 2005.