Said

Said , also Saïd or in English spelling Saeed , from Arabic سعيد, DMG Saʿīd , is a male given name and family name . It means happy or the lucky one .

Name bearer

First name

Said (Granada) , Emir of Granada (1454–1464)
Said bin Buti , Emir of Dubai (1852-1859)
Said bin Maktum (1878–1958), Emir of Dubai
Saʻīd bin Yūsuf al-Fayyūmī (882–942, Saadia Gaon ), rabbi and Jewish philosopher
Said ibn Taimur (1910–1972), Sultan of Muscat and Oman
Saïd Mohamed Cheikh , (1904–1970), Comorian nobleman and politician
Saïd Ibrahim Ben Ali (1911–1975), Comorian prince and politician
Said Ramadan (1926–1995), Muslim activist
Said Musa (* 1944), Prime Minister of Belize
Saïd Aouita (* 1959), Moroccan athlete
Said Siam (1959–2009), Palestinian politician and military
Saeed Chmagh (1967–2007), Iraqi cameraman and victim in the Iraq war
Saïd El Khadraoui (* 1975), Belgian politician, MEP
Said Saif Asaad (* 1979), Qatari weightlifter
Saïd Boutahar (* 1982), Dutch football player
Saïd Haddou (* 1982), French racing cyclist
Saif Saaeed Shaheen (* 1982), Qatari long-distance runner of Kenyan origin
Saïd Ben Boina (* 1983), French-Comorian football player
Saïd Benrahma (* 1995), Algerian football player

stage name

Said (writer) ( SAID; * 1947), Iranian-German writer and poet
Said (rapper)

Fictional characters

Saïd , character from the French film La Haine
Said , suicide bomber in the movie Paradise Now
Be one of the main characters in Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il corsaro , Pasha

Family name, form Said or Sa'id, Saʿīd or Saïd

Abdel Said (* 1989), Egyptian show jumper

Abū Saʿīd al-Chudrī (613–693), companion of the Prophet Mohammed from the Chazradsch tribe

Abū Saʿīd-i Abū l-Chair (978-1049 / 1061), Persian Sufi

Abu Sa'id (Ilchane) (1305–1335), ruler of the Ilkhan dynasty

Abu Said (1332-1362), Sultan of Granada, see Muhammad VI. (Granada)

Abu Sa'id (Timuride) , ruler of Transoxania from the Timurid dynasty (ruled 1451–1469)

Abu Sa'id (Scheibanide) , Uzbek Khan from the Scheibanid dynasty (ruled 1530–1533)

Abu Said Uthman I († 1303), Sultan of the Abdalwadids

Abu Said Uthman II (Merinids) († 1331), Sultan of the Merinids

Abu Said Uthman II (Abdalwadids) , Abdalwadid ruler

Adi Said (* 1990), Bruneian football player

Ahmad ibn Said (1693–1783), Imam Oman

Al-Mughīra ibn Saʿīd († 737), Islamic Gnostic

Ali Ahmad Said (* 1930), Syrian-Lebanese poet

Amīnah al-Saʿīd (1914–1995), Egyptian journalist and women's rights activist

Behnam Said (* 1982), German Islamic scholar and secret service employee

Boris Said III (* 1962), American racing car driver

Boris Robert Said junior (1932–2002), American racing car driver, see Bob Said

Brian Said (* 1973), Maltese football player

Chalid Muhammad Saʿid (1982-2010), Egyptian blogger

Chris Said (* 1970), Maltese politician

Daniela A. Ben Said (* 1974), German author, speaker and management consultant

Djabir Saïd-Guerni (* 1977), Algerian athlete

Edward Said (1935–2003), Palestinian literary theorist and critic

Fatma Said (* 1991) Egyptian singer

Hakim Said (1920–1998), Indian-Pakistani pharmacist, medical historian, philanthropist

Hamda Saïd , Tunisian Islamic clergyman

Hussain Said (* 1958), Iraqi soccer player

Ibrahim Said (* 1979), Egyptian soccer player

Ibrahim Said Idriss (* 1987), Djiboutian football player

Ikrima Sa'id Sabri (* 1939), Palestinian Grand Mufti of Jerusalem

Jawdat Said (* 1931), Muslim thinker

Mohamed Ben Said (* 1988), Libyan weightlifter

Mohamed Said (soccer player, Egypt) (* 1988), Egyptian soccer player

Mohamed Said (soccer player, Somalia) , Somali soccer player

Muhammad Said (1822–1863), Egyptian viceroy

Muhammad Uthman as-Said (1924-2007), Libyan politician

Murad Said (* 1982), football player for Palestine

Nasser as-Said , Saudi author

Nuri as-Said (1888–1958), Iraqi politician

Osama Said (* 1957), Palestinian artist

Rosemarie Said Zahlan (1937–2006), Palestinian-American historian and writer

Saïd Ben Saïd (* 1966), Tunisian-French film producer

Saladin Said (* 1988), Ethiopian football player

Samir Said (1963–2012), Kuwaiti soccer player

Samir Aït Saïd (* 1989), French artistic gymnast

Samira Saïd (* 1957), Moroccan pop singer

Sheikh Said (1865–1925), Kurdish clergyman and leader

SF Said (* 1967), Lebanese journalist and writer

Surname, form Saeed

Abdul Karim Saeed Pasha (* 1945), Pakistani religious leader
Aboud Saeed (* 1983), Syrian writer
Alia Saeed Mohammed (* 1991), Ethiopian athlete from the United Arab Emirates
James Saaed (* 1982), South Sudanese football player
Nasar Sakar Saeed (* 1978), Kenyan marathon runner
Saeed-Ahmed Saeed (* 1967), chess player from the United Arab Emirates
Sana Saeed (* 1988), Pakistani actress and model

title

Princely house Said was the title for the descendants of the Turkish prince Cem Sultan who lived in Naples, Sicily and Malta .