Riad (name)

Riad (also spelled Riyad, Riyadh or Ryaid (more uncommon), رياض, ) is a masculine Arabic given name and surname, meaning "meadows", "gardens".

People with the given name

 * Riad al-Asaad (born 1961), commander of the Free Syrian Army
 * Riad Asmat (born 1971), Malaysian businessman
 * Riad Bajić (born 1994), Bosnian footballer
 * Riad Benayad (born 1996), Algerian footballer
 * Riad Benchadi (born 1978), Algerian footballer
 * Riad Beyrouti (born 1944), Syrian painter
 * Riad Bouchaker (born 1973), Algerian perpetrator of a mass stabbing
 * Riad Chibani (born 1964), Algerian judoka
 * Riad Darar (born 1954), Syrian activist and author
 * Riad Hammadou (born 1976), Algerian footballer
 * Riad Higazy (1919–1967), Egyptian earth scientist
 * Riad Ismat (1947–2020), Syrian politician
 * Riad Jarjour, Syrian Christian clergyman
 * Riaad Moosa (born 1977), Indian-born South African comedian
 * Riad Nouri (born 1985), French-Algerian footballer
 * Riad Rahal (born 1950), Lebanese Greek Orthodox surgeon and politician
 * Riad Ribeiro (born 1981), Brazilian volleyballer
 * Riad Salamé (born 1950), Lebanese banker and governor
 * Riad al-Saray (1975–2010), Iraqi journalist, television presenter, lawyer, and politician
 * Riad Seif (born 1946), Syrian political dissident and businessman
 * Riad Shehata (–died 1942), Egyptian photographer
 * Riad Al Solh, first prime minister of Lebanon
 * Riad Al Sunbati (1906–1981), Egyptian composer and musician
 * Riad Taha (1927–1980), Lebanese journalist
 * Riad al-Turk (born 1930), Syrian politician
 * Riad Yassin (born 1955), Yemeni politician and diplomat
 * Riad Yunes (born 1928), Dominican sports shooter

Riyad

 * Riyad Naasan Agha (born 1947), Syrian politician
 * Riyadh Al-Azzawi (born 1986), Iraqi-born British kickboxer
 * Riyadh Khalaf, (born 1991) Irish broadcaster, author, and YouTuber
 * Riyad Hassan El-Khoudary (born 1943), Palestinian academic
 * Riyad Mahrez (born 1991), Algerian footballer
 * Riyad al-Maliki, Palestinian politician
 * Riyadh Roberts, the legal name of rapper YoungstaCPT

People with the surname

 * Ali Mohamed Riad (1904–?), Egyptian footballer
 * Hussein Riad (1897–1965), Egyptian actor
 * Khadiga Riad (1914–1981), Egyptian painter
 * Mahmoud Riad (1917–1992), Egyptian diplomat
 * Mohamed Riad (born 1927), Egyptian scholar and geographer
 * Mohamed Ali Riad (1927–1958), Egyptian fencer
 * Tarek Riad (born 1960), Egyptian sport shooter
 * Tomas Riad (born 1959), Swedish linguist
 * Wael Riad (born 1981), Egyptian footballer