Saad

Saad (Arabic: سعد, Saʿd‎) (also spelled Sa'ad) is a common male Arabic given name that means felicity, prosperity, good luck. It may be a shortened version of Sa'd al-Din, and is not to be confused with Sa‘id. It is not the same as the single Arabic letter 'sad' which has no intrinsic meaning.

It may refer to:

General

• Banu Sa'ad, a Saudi tribe
• Sa'ad (kibbutz), Israeli village

Given name

• Saʿd ibn Abi Waqqas, a great companion of the Last Messenger of God, Prophet Muhammad (Sall-ALLAAHu 'Alayhi wa Sallam).
• Sa'ad Israr-ul Haq (سعد اسرار الحق), Salafi Muslim Canadian Electrical Engineer [Carleton University batch: '13] of Pakistani origin.
• Saad Abdul-Amir, Iraqi football (soccer) player.
• Sa'ad Abdulhafeedh, Libyan football (soccer) player
• Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, former Emir of Kuwait
• Saad Abudayeh, Jordanian author, researcher and intellectual.
• Saad Shaddad Al-Asmari, Saudi Arabian runner
• Saad Attiya, Iraqi footballer
• Saad Albazei, Saudi Arabian intellectual
• Mohammad Ibn Sa'd al-Baghdadi, aka Ibn Sa'd, often called Katib ul-Waqidi, the scribe of Waqidi
• 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 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 Khalid, Canadian terrorist
• Saad bin Laden, Saudi Arabian al-Qaeda member
• Saad Mamoun, Egyptian military commander
• Saad Madhi Saad Howash Al Azmi, Kuwaiti detainee in Guantanamo
• Saad Mohseni, Afghani-Australian businessman
• Saʿd ibn Muaʿdh, Arabian tribal leader and early convert to Islam
• Saʿd ibn Abd al-Rahman, brother and supporter of Ibn Saud, the founder of modern Saudi Arabia
• Saad Nazzal, Kuwaiti football (soccer) player
• Saâd Sahraoui, Algerian football (soccer) player
• Saad Salman, Iraqi-French film director
• Saad Al-Shammari, Qatari footballer
• Saad el-Shazly, Egyptian military personality
• Saad Tawfiq, Moroccan ice hockey player
• Saad Tedjar, Algerian football (soccer) player
• Saad Bin Tefla, Kuwaiti businessman and politician
• Sa'd ibn Ubadah, Arabian tribal leader and early convert to Islam
• Saad Bin Zafar, Pakistan-Canadian cricket player
• Saad Zaghloul, Egyptian Prime Minister and anti-imperialist leader

Middle name

• Muhammad Saad Iqbal, Pakistani detainee in Guantanamo
• 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
• Salman Saad Al Khadi Mohammed, Saudi Arabian detainee in Guantanamo
• Matthew Saad Muhammad (born Maxwell Antonio Loach), a former American boxer, also former world light heavyweight champion
• Ahmed Saad Osman, Libyan football player
• Khawaja Saad Rafique, Pakistani politician
• Amin Saad Muhammad al-Zumari, Yemeni-Saudi suspected terrorist

Saad Masood , Matric almost passed.

Family name

• Abbas Saad, Australian former international football (soccer) player of Lebanese origin
• Ahmed Saad (Australian footballer), Australian rules football player of Egyptian descent
• Baba Saad, or just Saad, a German rapper of Lebanese origin
• Bashar Saad, Iraqi football (soccer) player
• 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 behavioral 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, 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, 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, Egyptian film actor
• Naeem Saad, Kuwaiti football (soccer) player
• Natasja Saad, late Danish rapper
• Nicolás Saad, Argentinean film director
• 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
• Syamsul Saad, Malaysian football (soccer) player
• Tanjib Ahsan Saad, Bangladeshi cricket player
• Waseelah Saad, Yemeni track and field sprint athlete
• Yousef Saad, Americann I.T. Computer Science professor of Algerian origin

See also

• Saad (disambiguation)
• Saadallah, disambiguation
• Sa'd al-Din / Saad Eddin (disambiguation)

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