Sayyid (name)

Sayyid (also spelt Saiyed, Seyit, Seyd, Syed, Said, Sayed, Sayyed, Saiyid, Seyed, al-Sayyed and Seyyed) (سيد, ; meaning 'Lord', 'Master'; plural: Sadat سادة sādah is a masculine name given to descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It is not to be confused with Sa‘id (or Saeed, ).

Given name

 * Said Alam, Pakistani pediatric surgeon and political activist
 * Sayed Awad, Egyptian composer
 * Sayed Darwish, Egyptian singer
 * Sayed Gouda, Egyptian poet
 * Sayed Haider, Bangladeshi physician and Language Movement activist
 * Sayed Marei (1913–1993), Egyptian engineer and politician
 * Sayed Moawad, Egyptian footballer
 * Sayed Mosaad, Egyptian footballer
 * Sayed Yusuf, Indian field hockey player
 * Sayyid Gaddaf al-Dam, Libyan brigadier general
 * Sayyid Qutb, Egyptian pan-Islamist
 * Sayyed Mahmud Khan, Great and powerful general in Akbar's army
 * Seyed Mohyeddin Seghatoleslam, Persian Architect
 * Syed Abul Maksud, Bangladeshi writer and columnist
 * Syed Ahmed Khan, Indian educator and politician
 * Syed Ahmed, British Bangladeshi entrepreneur
 * Syed Badrudduja, Indian-Bengali politician and activist
 * Syed Farid, Indian footballer
 * Syed Faruk, Singaporean football manager
 * Syed Hussain, Indian politician
 * Syed Ibrahim, Indian Sufi
 * Syed Kirmani, Indian cricketer
 * Syed Mahmud, Indian politician
 * Syed Manzoorul Islam, Bangladeshi author
 * Syed Masood, fictional character, mispronounced as Sa‘id
 * Syed Mujtaba Ali, Bengali author
 * Syed Nomanul Haq, Pakistani historian of philosophy and science
 * Syed Rashid Ali, Danish cricketer
 * Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman, Malaysian politician
 * Syed Sadequain Ahmed Naqvi, Pakistani artist referred to as Sadequain
 * Syed Shamsul Haque, Bangladeshi poet
 * Syed Sheh Hassan Barakbah, Malaysian judge
 * Syed Yazid, Malaysian unionist
 * Syed Ziaur Rahman, Indian scientist and pharmacologist
 * Sayed Muhammad Gulabzoi, Afghan General
 * Sayyid Abdullah, first Vice-President of Afghanistan
 * Sayed Ahmad Zia Muzafari, coach of the Afghanistan national football team (1979-1981)

Seyid

 * Seyid Riza
 * Seyid Yusifli
 * Seyid Azim Shirvani
 * Seyid Shushinski
 * Seyid Mirbabayev
 * Seyid Abulgasim Nabat
 * Ogtay Seyid Huseyn oghlu Sadigzade
 * Seyid Imadeddin Nesimi

Seyit

 * Seyit Çabuk
 * Kurt Seyit ve Şura
 * Seyit Kırmızı
 * Seyit Cem Ünsal
 * Seyit Torun
 * Onur Seyit Yaran
 * Seyit Ahmet Demirci
 * Seyit Mehmet Paşa

Surname

 * Ahmad al-Sayyed, Syrian politician
 * G. M. Syed, Pakistani politician
 * Khalid Al-Sayyid, Lebanese actor and voice actor
 * Mohamed Elsayed, Egyptian boxer
 * Nader El-Sayed, Egyptian footballer
 * Shahi Sayed, Pakistani politician
 * Grethe Fatima Syéd, Norwegian author
 * Cevat Seyit