Sayyid (name)

Sayyid (also spelt Saiyed, Seyit, Seyd, Syed, Said, Sayed, Sayyed, Saiyid, , al-Sayyed, Seyyed and Syedna) ( , ; meaning 'Lord', 'Master'; plural: Sadat is a masculine name given to descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It is not to be confused with Sa‘id (or Saeed, ).

Given name

• Sayed Awad (1926–2000), Egyptian composer
• Sayed Darwish (1892–1923), Egyptian singer
• Sayed Gouda (born 1968), Egyptian poet
• Sayed Haider (1925–2020), Bangladeshi physician and Language Movement activist
• Sayed Marei (1913–1993), Egyptian engineer and politician
• Sayed Moawad (born 1979), Egyptian footballer
• Sayed Mosaad (born 1987), Egyptian footballer
• Sayed Yusuf (1896–1978), Indian field hockey player
• Sayyid Gaddaf al-Dam (1948–2023), Libyan brigadier general
• Sayyid Qutb (1906–1966), Egyptian pan-Islamist
• Sayyed Mahmud Khan (died 1573), Great and powerful general in Akbar's army
• Seyed Mohyeddin Seghatoleslam (born 1960), Iranian architect and urban designer
• Seyyed Ali Shafiei (1940–2025), Iranian Twelver Shia scholar
• Sayed Muhammad Gulabzoi (born 1951), Afghan General
• Sayyid Abdullah (1945–1978), first Vice-President of Afghanistan
• Sayed Ahmad Zia Muzafari, coach of the Afghanistan national football team (1979–1981)

Syed

• Syed Abid Ali (1941–2025), Indian cricketer
• Syed Abul Maksud (1946–2021), Bangladeshi writer and columnist
• Syed Abdul Hadi (born 1940), Bangladeshi singer
• Syed Ahmed Khan (1817–1898), Indian educator and politician
• Syed Ahmed (born 1974), British Bangladeshi entrepreneur
• Syed Badrudduja (1900–1974), Indian-Bengali politician and activist
• Syed Faruk (born 1967), Singaporean football manager
• Syed Ali Hassan Gilani (1974–2024), Pakistani politician
• Syed Hussain (born 1922), Indian politician
• Syed Ibrahim (died 1353), Indian Sufi
• Syed Kirmani (born 1949), Indian cricketer
• Syed Mahmud (1889–1971), Indian politician
• Syed Manzoorul Islam (1951–2025), Bangladeshi author
• Syed Manzur Elahi (1942–2025), Bangladeshi businessman
• Syed Masood, fictional character, mispronounced as Sa‘id
• Syed Muhammad Asghar Shah (1949–2025), Pakistani politician
• Syed Mujtaba Ali (1904–1974), Bengali author
• Syed Mukhtaruddin Shah (1950–2025), Pakistani spiritual leader and Islamic scholar
• Syed Nomanul Haq (born 1948), Pakistani historian of philosophy and science
• Syed Rafi Uddin, Pakistani politician
• Syed Rashid Ali (born 1975), Danish cricketer
• Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman (born 1992), Malaysian politician
• Syed Sadequain Ahmed Naqvi (1930–1987), Pakistani artist referred to as Sadequain
• Syed Shamsul Haque (1935–2016), Bangladeshi poet
• Syed Sheh Hassan Barakbah (1906–1975), Malaysian judge
• Syed Ziaur Rahman (born 1972), Indian scientist and pharmacologist

Seyid

• Seyid Riza (1863–1937), Kurdish rebel leader
• Seyid Azim Shirvani (1835–1888), Azerbaijani poet and engineer
• Seyid Shushinski (1889–1965), Azerbaijani folk singer
• Seyid Mirbabayev (1867–1953), Azerbaijani singer
• Seyid Abulgasim Nabat (1812–1873), Iranian Azerbaijani poet
• Ogtay Seyid Huseyn oghlu Sadigzade (1921–2014), Azerbaijani visual artist
• Seyid Imadeddin Nesimi (1369/70–1418/19), Azerbaijani poet

Seyit

• Seyit Çabuk (1889–1939), Ottoman soldier
• Seyit Kırmızı (born 1950), Turkish Olympic cyclist
• Seyit Halil Özsoy (1948–2025), Turkish politician
• Seyit Cem Ünsal (born 1975), Turkish footballer
• Seyit Torun (born 1968), Turkish politician
• Onur Seyit Yaran (born 1995), Turkish actor
• Seyit Ahmet Demirci (born 1970), Turkish serial killer
• Seyit Mehmet Paşa, Ottoman statesman

Surname

• Daoud Abdel Sayed (1946–2025), Egyptian director and screenwriter
• Ahmad al-Sayyed (born 1965), Syrian politician
• G. M. Syed (1904–1995), Pakistani politician
• Khalid Al-Sayyid (born 1948), Lebanese actor and voice actor
• Mohamed Elsayed (born 1973), Egyptian boxer
• Nader El-Sayed (born 1972), Egyptian footballer
• Shahi Sayed, Pakistani politician
• Grethe Fatima Syéd (born 1968), Norwegian author
• Cevat Seyit (1906–1945), Turkish footballer
• Anoosha Syed, Pakistani-Canadian illustrator and writer
• Edward Said (1935–2003), Palestinian-American academic, literary critic, and political activist

See also

• Syed Ali, a related name, including a list of people with this name
• Seyid

References