Sayyid (name)
For the title and etymology of it, see Sayyid.
Sayyid (pronounced [ˈseːjɪd], Arabic: سيد, also transliterated as Sayed, or Syed, IPA: [ˈsajed]) is a masculine given name derived from the title Sayyid, it is not to be confused with the similar looking name Sayid (often spelled Saeed, pronounced [ˈsaʕiːd]). These people are not necessarily considered to be Sayyid; they only use Sayyid as a given name. Some people however with the name may be considered as being Sayyid (males accepted as descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammad through his grandsons, Hasan ibn Ali and Husain ibn Ali).
Given name
- Syed Abul Maksud, Bangladeshi writer and columnist
- Syed Ahmed Khan, Indian educator and politician
- Syed Ahmed, British Bangladeshi entrepreneur
- Sayed Awad, Egyptian composer
- Sayed Darwish, Egyptian singer
- Syed Farid, Indian footballer
- Syed Faruk, Singaporean football manager
- Sayed Gouda, Egyptian poet
- Syed Hussain, Indian politician
- Syed Ibrahim, Indian Sufi
- Syed Kirmani, Indian cricketer
- Syed Mahmud, Indian politician
- Syed Manzoorul Islam, Bangladeshi author
- Syed Masood, fictional character, mispronounced as Sa‘id
- Sayed Moawad, Egyptian footballer
- Sayed Mosaad, Egyptian footballer
- Syed Mujtaba Ali, Bengali author
- Sayyid Qutb, Egyptian pan-Islamist
- Syed Shamsul Haque, Bangladeshi poet
- Syed Sheh Hassan Barakbah, Malaysian judge
- Syed Ziaur Rahman, Indian scientist & pharmacologist
- Syed Yazid, Malaysian unionist
- Sayyed Mahmud Khan, Great and powerful general in Akbar's army
- Saif Khan Barha, Chief of Sayyeds of Barha in Jahangir's time
- Sayed Yusuf, Indian field hockey player
- Syed Rashid Ali, Danish cricketer
- Syed Sadequain Ahmed Naqvi, Pakistani artist referred to as Sadequain
Surname
- G. M. Syed, Pakistani politician
- Mohamed Elsayed, Egyptian boxer
- Nader El-Sayed, Egyptian footballer
- Shahi Sayed, Pakistani politician
- Khalid Al-Sayyid, Lebanese actor and voice actor
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