Obed (name)

Obed is a given name, following the biblical figure Obed. It may also serve as a surname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

 * Obed Akwa (born 1955), Ghanaian retired lieutenant-general and former Chief of the Defence Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces
 * Obed Ariri (born 1956), Nigerian gridiron football placekicker
 * Obed Asamoah (born 1936), Ghanaian politician
 * Obed Barney (fl. 1843–1844), American politician
 * Obed Cétoute (born 1983), Canadian gridiron football player
 * Obed Dickinson (1818–1892), American pioneer, abolitionist, minister and business owner
 * Obed Dlamini (born 1937), Prime Minister of Swaziland (1989–1993)
 * Obed Enamorado (born 1985), Honduran football goalkeeper
 * Obed Estrada (born 1994), Mexican footballer
 * Obed Gómez (born 1966), Puerto Rican artist
 * Obed Hall (1757–1828), American politician and pioneer
 * Obed Crosby Haycock (1901–1983), American engineer and educator
 * Obed Hussey (1792–1860), American inventor
 * Obed Simon Johnson (1881–1970), American academic, chaplain, congregational missionary and student of Chinese culture and history
 * Obed Macy (1801–1857), American physician, pioneer and politician
 * Obed Martínez (born 1996), Mexican footballer
 * Obed McCoy (born 1997), Vincentian cricketer
 * Obed Mlaba, mayor of the eThekwini, South Africa
 * Obed Mutanya (born 1981), Zambian long-distance and cross-country runner
 * Obed Nicholls (1885–1962), Cornish artist
 * Obed Owusu (born 1990), Ghanaian footballer
 * Obed Rincón (born 1985), Mexican footballer
 * Obed F. Strickland (1833–1887), justice of the Supreme Court of the Utah Territory
 * Obed Sullivan (born 1968), American boxer
 * Obed Taylor (1824–1881), American architect
 * Obed Vargas (born 2005), American soccer player
 * Obed Wheeler (1841–1898), American businessman and politician

Surname

 * Elisha Obed (born 1952), Bahamanian boxer
 * Rhema Obed (born 1991), English footballer
 * Z. Obed (died 2020), Indian politician