Hamid

Hamid refers to two different but related Arabic given names, both of which come from the Arabic triconsonantal root of Ḥ-M-D ( ح-م-د ):


 * 1) Ḥāmed (Arabic: حَامِد ḥāmid) also spelled Haamed, Hamid or Hamed, and in Turkish Hamit; it means "lauder" or "one who praises".
 * 2) Ḥamīd (Arabic: حَمِيد ḥamīd) also spelled Hamid, or Hameed, in Turkish is Hamit, and in Azeri is Həmid or Һәмид; it means "lauded" or "praiseworthy".

Hamid

 * Hamid Ahmadi (historian) (b. 1945), Iranian historian
 * Hamid Ahmadi (futsal) (b. 1988), Iranian futsal player
 * Hamid Ahmadieh, Iranian ophthalmologist and medical scientist
 * Hamid Al Shaeri (b. 1961), Egyptian-Libyan singer, songwriter, and musician
 * Hamid Arasly (1902–1983), Azeri and Soviet scientist
 * Hamid Arzulu (b. 1937), Azerbaijani poet and writer
 * Hamid Idris Awate (1910–1962), Eritrean guerrilla commander
 * Hamid Berhili (b. 1964), Moroccan boxer
 * Hamid Mahmood Butt, Pakistani ophthalmologist
 * Hamid Chitchian (b. c. 1957), Iranian politician
 * Hamid Drake (b. 1955), American musician
 * Hamid Etemad (b. 1945), Iranian professor
 * Hamid Frangieh (1907–1981), Lebanese politician
 * Hamid Gabbay (b. c. 1943), Iranian-born American architect
 * Hamid Ghandehari, Iranian-American drug chemist
 * Hamid Gul (1936–2015), Pakistani politician
 * Hamid Guska (b. 1953), head coach of Bosnian national boxing team
 * Hamid Hassani (b. 1968), Iranian lexicographer
 * Hamid Ismailov (b. 1954), Uzbek journalist
 * Hamid Karzai (b. 1957), President of Afghanistan from 2002 to 2014
 * Hamid Hussain Musavi, Indian scholar
 * Hamid Notghi (1920–1999), Iranian Azeri poet, writer, author, university professor
 * Hamid Olimjon (1909–1944), Uzbek poet and scholar
 * Hamid Ekrem Šahinović (1879/1882–1936), Bosnian writer and dramatist
 * Hamid Naderi Yeganeh (b. 1990), Iranian mathematical artist

Hamed / Hameed

 * Hamed Gohar (1907–1992), Egyptian oceanographer
 * Hamed Haddadi (b. 1985), Iranian basketball player
 * Hameed Haroon, Pakistani economist
 * Hamed Namouchi (b. 1984), Tunisian footballer
 * Hameed Nizami (1915–1962), Pakistani journalist
 * Hamed Rasouli (b. 1985), Iranian footballer
 * Hamed Sohrabnejad (b. 1983), Iranian basketball player
 * Hamed Traorè (b. 2000), Ivorian footballer

Middle name

 * Abed Hamed Mowhoush, Iraqi general
 * Awad Hamed al-Bandar (1945–2007), Iraqi chief judge
 * Mohammad Hamid Ansari (b. 1937), vice-president of India

Surname

 * Alejandro Hamed (1934–2023), Paraguayan diplomat and Arabist
 * Amir Hamed (1962–2017), Uruguayan writer and translator
 * Amr Hamed (d. 1998), Canadian terrorist
 * Ezzedin Yacoub Hamed, Egyptian Long Jumper
 * Haseeb Hameed (b. 1997), English cricketer
 * Ibrahim Hamed, Hamas military commander
 * Mohsin Hamid (b. 1971), Pakistani British author
 * Jasmin Hamid, Finnish actress
 * Mohamed Naguib Hamed, Egyptian athlete
 * Naseem Hamed (b. 1974), British boxer
 * Nima Arkani-Hamed (b. 1972), Iranian-American-Canadian theoretical physicist
 * Rani Hamid (b. 1944), Bangladeshi chess player
 * Sanaa Ismail Hamed (b. 1984), Egyptian model
 * Taha Bidaywi Hamed, Iraqi politician
 * Yasmeen Hameed, Pakistani Urdu poet
 * Zid Abou Hamed (b. 1970), Australian athlete