Sajjad

Sajjad is a given name and a surname derived from the Arabic triliteral س_ج_د S-J-D 'to bow down (before God)', shared with the Arabic word مسجد masjid 'mosque'.

Notable people with the name include:

Given name

 * Imam Sajjad (Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin), 4th Imam of Shia Islam
 * Syed Sajjad Haider Yaldram (1880–1943), Urdu short story writer, travel writer, translator, linguist, essayist, and humorist
 * Sajjad Afghani, Kashmiri militant and Commander-in-Chief of Harkat Ul Ansar
 * Sajjad Akbar (born 1961), Pakistani cricketer
 * Sajjad Ali, Pakistani semi-classical, pop singer, film actor, director and producer
 * Sajjad Anoushiravani (born 1984), Iranian weightlifter
 * Sajjad Fazel (born 1991), Tanzanian clinical pharmacist, public health researcher, health columnist
 * Sajjad Ganjzadeh (born 1992), Iranian karateka
 * Sajjad Gul, Pakistani film producer, media mogul
 * Sajjad Hussain (cricketer, born 1980), Indian cricketer
 * Sajjad Hussain (cricketer, born 1986), Pakistani cricketer
 * Sajjad Hussain (composer), Indian music director
 * Sajjad Karim, British Asian politician
 * Sajjad Gharibi (born 1991), Iranian bodybuilder
 * Sajjad Ghani Lone (born 1967), Indian Kashmiri politician, and former Member of the Legislative Assembly
 * Sajjad Mardani (born 1988), Iranian taekwondo player
 * Sajjad Haider Nadeem, Pakistani politician, member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
 * Sajjad Hussain Qureshi (1923–1998), politician, Governor of Punjab 1985-1988
 * Sajjad Shar (born 1986), Secretary General of banned organization Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz
 * Sajjad Zaheer, Urdu writer, Marxist thinker and revolutionary

Middle name

 * Aasim Sajjad Akhtar, Pakistani professor, politician and columnist
 * Aamer Sajjad (born 1981), Pakistani cricketer
 * Razia Sajjad Zaheer (1918–1979), Indian writer in the Urdu language, translator

Surname

 * Enver Sajjad (1935–2019), Pakistani playwright and fiction writer
 * Pervez Sajjad, Pakistani cricketer
 * Wasim Sajjad, Pakistani lawyer, former President of Pakistan