Sa‘īd (سعيد) is a male Arabic given name meaning "happy", used by both Christian and Muslim Arabs. The name can also be transliterated as Saïd or Said or Saeed

[ People named Sa‘id

As a given name:

• Sa'id ibn Zayd, one of the Companions of Muhammed
• Sa'id Ibn Sultan, a sultan of Muscat and Oman
• Sa'id Hormozi, an Iranian musician
• Sheikh Said various meanings

As a surname:

• Agha Saeed, chairman of the American Muslim Alliance.
• Abdelmadjid Sidi Said, leader of the Algerian trade union: UGTA.
• Edward Said (1935–2003), Palestinian-American literary critic and theorist.
• Samira Said, a Moroccan pop star.
• Brian Said Maltese footballer
• Wafic Saïd (born 1939), Syrian businessman.

Named Abu Sa‘id (meaning "father of Sa‘id"):

• Abu Sa'id (Ilkhanid dynasty) (1316–1335), ninth ruler of the Ilkhanate state in Iran
• Abu Sa'id (Timurid dynasty) (1424–1469), mid-fifteenth century Timurid Empire ruler in what are today parts of Persia and Afghanistan
• Khaled Hassan Abu Sa‘id (born 1928), Palestine Liberation Organization
• Abusaeid Abolkheir (also known as Abu Sa‘eed), a Persian Sufi and poet

Fictional People:

• Kareem Said, from the T.V. Series Oz.

[ Other uses

• Sa'idi refers to the inhabitants of Upper Egypt. This term is not linked to the name Sa‘id, as they are two different Arabic words: the former is pronounced and spelled with a Ṣād (thus صعيدي) and the latter, a Sīn.

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