Sayyid (name)

For the honorific title and its etymology, see Sayyid.

Sayyid (also spelt Saiyed, Seyit, Seyd, Syed, Said, Sayed, Sayyed, Saiyid, Seyed, al-Sayyed and Seyyed) (Arabic: سيد [ˈsæj.jɪd], Persian: [sejˈjed]; meaning 'Lord', 'Master'; plural: Sadat Arabic: سادة sādah is a masculine name given to descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.^[1] It is not to be confused with Sa‘id (or Saeed, pronounced [sa'ʕiːd]).

Given name

• Syed Rizvi, Banu al-Ridha a.s.
• 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
• Syed Abid Ali (1941-2025), Indian cricketer
• Syed Abul Maksud (1946-2021), Bangladeshi writer and columnist
• Syed Ahmed Khan (1817-1898), Indian educator and politician
• Syed Ahmed (born 1974), British Bangladeshi entrepreneur
• Syed Asif Quadri (1936-2025), Indian tennis player
• Syed Badrudduja (1900-1974), Indian-Bengali politician and activist
• Syed Farid (born 1984), Indian footballer
• 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 (born 1951), 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 Nomanul Haq (born 1948), Pakistani historian of philosophy and science
• 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
• 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)

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

• 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

See also

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