Saad (name)

Saad (سعد) is a common male Arabic given name. The name stems from the Arabic verb ( 'to be happy, fortunate or lucky').

Saad is the stem of variant given names Suad and Sa‘id.

It may be a shortened version of Sa'd al-Din, and is not to be confused with it. It is not the same as the single Arabic letter ṣād, which has no intrinsic meaning.

It may refer to:

Tribal name

 * Banu Sa'd, a Saudi tribe

First name

 * Saad Albazei, Saudi Arabian intellectual
 * Saad Shaddad Al-Asmari, Saudi Arabian runner
 * Saad Awad, American mixed martial artist of Palestinian descent
 * Saad Benyamin, Iraqi international football (soccer) player
 * Saad Eskander, Iraqi-Kurdish academic and researcher
 * Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli, Kuwaiti football referee
 * Sa'ad Al-Faqih, Saudi dissident
 * Saad Haddad, Lebanese military personnel
 * Saad Hafeez, Danish cricketer
 * Saad Hariri, Lebanese politician, former Prime Minister of Lebanon
 * Saad Haroon, Pakistani comedian
 * Saad Al-Harthi, Saudi Arabian footballer
 * Saad Hamdan, Lebanese actor and voice actor
 * Saad Hayel Srour, Jordanian politician
 * Saad Ichalalène, Algerian football (soccer) player
 * Saad Janjua, Singaporean-Pakistani cricketer
 * Saad Khader, Saudi Arabian television actor, director and producer
 * Sa'ad Khair, Jordanian Intelligence and security official
 * Saad Khan, Indian film director, screenwriter and acting teacher
 * Saad Lamjarred, Moroccan pop singer-songwriter, actor and record producer
 * Saad Mamoun, Egyptian military commander
 * Saad Madhi Saad Howash Al Azmi, Kuwaiti detainee in Guantanamo
 * Saad Mohseni, Afghani-Australian businessman
 * Saʿd ibn Muaʿdh, an Arabian tribal leader and an early convert to Islam
 * Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, former Emir of Kuwait
 * Saad Salman, Iraqi-French film director
 * Sa'ad bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud, Saudi royal
 * Saad bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi royal
 * Saad bin Faisal Al Saud, Saudi royal
 * Saad bin Saud Al Saud, Saudi royal
 * Saad Al-Shammari, Qatari footballer
 * Saad el-Shazly, Egyptian military personality
 * Saad Tedjar, Algerian football (soccer) player
 * Saad Bin Tefla, Kuwaiti businessman and politician
 * Sa'd ibn Ubadah, an Arabian tribal leader and an early convert to Islam
 * Sa`d ibn Abi Waqqas, a companion of Muhammad
 * Saad Bin Zafar, Pakistan-Canadian cricket player
 * Saad Zaghloul, Egyptian Prime Minister and anti-imperialist leader
 * Saad Zaghloul, Egyptian Prime Minister and anti-imperialist leader

Middle name

 * Mohammad Ibn Sa'd al-Baghdadi, aka Ibn Sa'd, often called Katib ul-Waqidi, the scribe of Waqidi
 * Yusuf Saad Kamel, a Kenyan-born Bahraini professional athlete (runner)
 * Abdul Aziz Sa'ad Al-Khaldi, Saudi Arabian detainee in Guantanamo
 * Bilal Saad Mubarak, Qatari sportsman (shot putter)
 * Khalid Saad Mohammed, Saudi Arabian detainee in Guantanamo
 * Matthew Saad Muhammad (born Maxwell Antonio Loach), American former boxer
 * Salman Saad Al Khadi Mohammed, Saudi Arabian detainee in Guantanamo
 * Ahmed Saad Osman, Libyan football player
 * Khawaja Saad Rafique, Pakistani politician

Family name

 * Abbas Saad, Australian former international football (soccer) player of Lebanese origin
 * Abdulrahman Mohamed Saad, Qatari basketball player
 * Adam Saad Australian rules footballer
 * Ahmed Saad (Australian footballer), Australian rules football player of Egyptian descent
 * Amauri Saad, Brazilian lawyer and jurist
 * Baba Saad, or just Saad, a German rapper of Lebanese origin
 * Brandon Saad, American ice hockey player of Syrian origin
 * Emmanuel Saad, Egyptian Coptic composer, music arranger
 * Emir Saad, real name Alan Digorsky, Ossetian Islamist militant and the first leader of the Ossetian Jamaat Kataib al-Khoul
 * Ezzat Saad, Egyptian diplomat
 * Gad Saad, Jewish-Canadian behavioural scientist and university professor
 * Felipe Saad, Brazilian football (soccer) player
 * Ghanim Bin Saad Al Saad, Qatari businessman
 * Habib Pacha Es-Saad, Lebanese politician and former Prime Minister
 * Halim Saad, a Malaysian businessman
 * Hasballah M. Saad, Indonesian politician
 * Henry Saad, American Michigan-based judge
 * John Saad, Sierra Leonean politician of Lebanese descent
 * Khaled Saad, Jordanian football (soccer) player
 * Mahmoud Saad (footballer, born 1952), Egyptian football (soccer) player
 * Mahmoud Saad (footballer, born 1983), Egyptian football (soccer) player
 * Malik Saad, Pakistani senior police officer, engineer
 * Matías Saad, Argentine professional football (soccer) player
 * Margit Saad, German film and television actress
 * Mohamed Saad (disambiguation)
 * Naeem Saad, Kuwaiti football (soccer) player
 * Natasja Saad, late Danish rapper
 * Nicolás Saad, Argentinean film director
 * Osama Saad (born 1954), Lebanese politician
 * Razali Saad, Singaporean football (soccer) player
 * Roberto Saad, former Argentinean professional tennis player
 * Rola Saad, Lebanese pop singer and model
 * Rola Saad (entertainer), Lebanese pan-Arab television personality, producing well-known television shows including the Arab version of Star Academy
 * Salem Saad, Emirati football (soccer) player
 * Shahrizal Saad, Malaysian football (soccer) player
 * Siti binti Saad, Tanzanian taraab artist
 * Soony Saad, Arab-American soccer player
 * Stephen Saad (born 1964), South African businessman
 * Syamsul Saad, Malaysian football (soccer) player
 * Waseelah Saad, Yemeni track and field sprint athlete
 * Yousef Saad, American computer scientist of Algerian origin