Hamid
Hamid is the unified Latin script rendering of two Arabic names that are used as a first name and family name .
Origin and meaning
Behind the name Hamid can on the one handحمید( Ḥamīd ; Hameed , also Hamit ) stand with the meaning “praised” or “worthy of praise”, on the other handحامد( Ḥāmid ; also Haamid or Hamed ) with the meaning of “praising” (God). The feminine form of the name is Hamide .
Name bearer
Male first name
- Hamid Akhavan (* 1961), Iranian manager
- Hamid Algabid (* 1941), Nigerien politician, Prime Minister of Niger
- Hamid Ali-Doosti (* 1956), Iranian soccer player
- Hamid Idris Awate (1910–1962), Eritrean independence fighter
- Hamid Barole Abdu (* 1953), Eritrean writer
- Hamid Baroudi (* 1960), Algerian-German singer and world musician
- Hamid Belhaj (* 1968), French long-distance runner
- Hamid Dabashi (* 1951), Iranian-American historian, cultural philosopher and literary scholar
- Hamid Dastmalchi (* 1952), Iranian-American poker player
- Hamid Drake (* 1955), American jazz drummer
- Hamid Frangieh (1907–1981), Lebanese politician
- Hamid Gul (1936-2015), Pakistani general
- Hamid Guska (* 1953), Bosnian boxing trainer
- Hamid Ismail (* 1987), Qatari soccer player
- Hamid Karzai (* 1957), Afghan politician and president
- Hamid Khan (* 1965), Singaporean badminton player
- Hamid Olimjon (1909–1944), Uzbek poet
- Hamid Rahimi (* 1983), German professional boxer
- Hamid Sadr (* 1946), Iranian-Austrian writer
- Hamid Shiri (* 1982), Iranian racing cyclist
- Hamid Skif (1951–2011), Algerian writer and journalist
- Hamid Soryan Reihanpour (* 1985), Iranian wrestler
- Hamad ibn Thuwaini ibn Said (1857-1896), Sultan of Zanzibar
- Hamid Termina (* 1977), Moroccan football player
- Hamid Reza Yousefi (* 1967), German-Iranian philosopher
Female first name
- Hamide Akbayir (* 1959), German politician of Turkish origin
- Hamide Bıkçın Tosun (* 1978), Turkish Taekwondoin
family name
- Asmaa Abdol-Hamid (* 1981), Danish-Palestinian politician, social worker and Muslim society debater
- Bill Hamid (* 1990), American football player
- Cheb Hamid (* 1964), Algerian Raï interpreter
- Mohsin Hamid (* 1971), British writer
- Nor Azhar Hamid (* 1949), Singaporean high jumper
- Omar Shahid Hamid (* 1977), Pakistani writer
- Rani Hamid (* 1944), Bangladeshi chess player
- Syarwan Hamid (* 1943), Indonesian politician and lieutenant general
- Syed Shahid Hamid (1910-1993), Pakistani general
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Salahuddin Ahmed: A Dictionary of Muslim Names . Hurst & Company, London 1999.
- ↑ SA Rahman: A Dictionary of Muslim Names . Goodword Books, New Delhi 2001.
- ↑ Hamide in the name dictionary of the Turkish language (Turkish)