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{{wiktionary|Said}}
{{Infobox given name
| name = Sa'id<br/>{{Nobold|{{lang|ar|سعيد}}}}
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| pronunciation= {{IPA|ar|saˈʕiːd|lang|ar-سعيد.ogg}}<br>{{IPA|fa|sæˈʔiːd|lang}}<br>{{IPA|mt|sɐˤˈiːt|lang}}
| gender = Male
| meaning = Happy
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| origin = Arabic
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'''Sa{{ayin}}id''' ({{langx|ar|سعيد}} {{Transliteration|ar|''Sa{{ayin}}īd''}}), also spelled '''Sa{{ayin}}eid''', '''Said''', '''Saïd''', '''Sid''', '''Saeed''', '''Saed''', '''Saied''', '''Sayeed''' or '''Sayid''', is a male Arabic [[given name]] which means "blessed (in [[Quranic Arabic|Quranic Classical Arabic]]), good luck, joy" or "happy, patient". The name stems from the Arabic verb ''sa‘ada'' (<big>سَعَدَ</big> – 'to be happy, fortunate or lucky').

The lesser uncommon form of the name Sa{{ayin}}id is "Su{{ayin}}id (<big>سُعِيد</big> ''su{{ayin}}īd'')" and the feminine form of the name is [[Saida (name)|Saida]] (Sa'''{{ayin}}'''idah, <big>سَعِيدة</big> ''sa{{ayin}}īdah'') or Suida (Su'''{{ayin}}'''idah, <big>سُعِيدة</big> ''su{{ayin}}īdah''). Sa{{ayin}}id is another variant from the Arabic given name [[Saad (name)|Saad]].

The written form of the name in Turkish is [[Sait (disambiguation)|Sait]] and in Bosnian is [[Seid (disambiguation)|Seid]]. '''Said''' or '''Sid''' is the spelling used in most Latin languages.

==Given name==
===First===
*[[Sa'id of Egypt]] (or Sa'id Pasha, 1822–1863), Ottoman Viceroy and Egyptian ruler for whom Port Said is named
*[[Saeed Ajmal]], Pakistani cricketer
*[[Saeid Alihosseini]] (born 1988), Iranian weightlifter
*[[Said Salim Bakhresa]], a Tanzanian businessman
*[[Said Bahaji]], German al-Qaeda member
*[[Saeid Bayat]] (born 1976), Iranian football midfielder
*[[Saeed Blacknall]] (born 1996), American football player
*[[Saïd Bouteflika]] (born 1958), Algerian politician and brother of former Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika
*[[Saïd Bouziri]] (1947–2009), Tunisian human rights and immigrant rights activist in France
*[[Saeid Davarpanah]] (born 1987), Iranian professional basketball player
*[[Saeid Ebrahimi]] (born 1982), Iranian wrestler
*[[Saeed al-Ghamdi]], Saudi terrorist and 9/11 hijacker
*[[Said al-Ghazzi]] (1893–1967), Syrian lawyer and politician 
*[[Saeed Hanaei]], Iranian serial killer
*[[Sa'id Hormozi]], Iranian musician
*[[Sa'id ibn Jubayr]] (665–714), one of the leading Tabi‘un
* [[Said Kamal]] (1938–2017), Palestinian politician
*[[Sultan Said Khan]], ruler of Kashgaria in 1514–1533
*[[Saeid Marouf]] (born 1985), a volleyball player from Iran
*[[Saeed al-Masri]], Egyptian al-Qaeda member
*[[Saeed Akhtar Mirza]] (born 1943), Indian film director
*[[Said Musa]], Belizean politician
*[[Saeed Nafisi]], Iranian scholar
*[[Saeed Naqvi]], Indian journalist
*[[Said Nursî]] (1878–1960), Muslim Scholar from Turkey
*[[Said Paulo Arges]] (1905–1994), Brazilian footballer
*[[Saeid Pirdoost]], Iranian actor
*[[Said Sheikh Samatar]], Somali historian
*[[Said Mohammad Sammour]] (born 1950), Syrian politician
*[[Said Shavershian]] (born 1986), Australian bodybuilder
*[[Said Ali al-Shihri]], Saudi Arabian al-Qaeda member
*[[Said bin Sultan]] (1797–1856), Sultan of Muscat and Oman
*[[Saïd Taghmaoui]] (born 1973), French actor
*[[Said bin Taimur]] (1910–1972), previous Sultan of Oman
*[[Sa'id ibn Uthman]] (died 680), one of the Tabi‘un and son of [[Uthman]]
*[[Saeed Abubakr Zakaria]], 21st-century Ghanaian scholar and leading member of Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jamaa'a
*[[Sa'id bin Zayd]] (593–673), one of the companions of Muhammed

===Middle===
*[[Ali Said Raygal]], Somali politician
*[[Mehmed Said Pasha]] (or Said Pasha, 1830–1914), Ottoman Grand Vizier
{{Given name}}

===Abu 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
*[[Abu Said Faraj]], a Nasrid prince of Granada, d. 1320
*[[Abu Sa'id al-Khudri]]
*[[Abū-Sa'īd Abul-Khayr]] (967–1049), Persian Sufi and poet
*[[Khaled al-Hassan]] (1928–1994), known as Abu Said, Palestine Liberation Organization leader
*[[Abu Saeed Muhammad Omar Ali]] (1919–2012), Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and translator

==Surname==
*[[Abdallah El Said]] (born 1985), Egyptian footballer 
*[[Abdelmadjid Sidi Said]], leader of the Algerian trade union UGTA
*[[Abdulla Saeed]] (born 1964), chief justice of the Maldives
*[[Amina Said]] (born 1953), poet
*[[Anjum Saeed]] (born 1968), Pakistani field hockey player
*[[Anne Said]] (1914–1995), English artist
*[[Azmat Saeed]] (1954–2025), Pakistani judge, justice of the supreme court
*[[Boris Said]] (born 1962), American race car driver
*[[Brian Said]] (born 1973), Maltese footballer
*[[Edward Said]] (1935–2003), Palestinian-American literary critic and theorist
*[[Hakim Said]] (1920–1998), Pakistani physician and scholar
*[[Hilda Saeed]] (born 1936), Pakistani activist and journalist
*[[Hussein Saeed]] (born 1958), Iraqi footballer
*[[Islam Said]], birth name of musician "Islam Chipsy"
*[[Kais Saied]], Tunisian politician
*[[Kurban Said]], pseudonym for the author of the novel ''Ali and Nino''
*[[Mahmoud Saeed]] (1939–2025), Iraqi-born American novelist
*[[Nasser Al Saeed]] (1923–unknown), Saudi Arabian writer 
*[[Samira Said]] (born 1961), Moroccan pop star
*[[Wafic Saïd]] (born 1939), Syrian businessman
*[[Yaser Abdel Said]], FBI Top 10 Most Wanted fugitive
*[[Qaboos bin Said Al Said]], previous Sultan of Oman
* Harun bin Said or [[Harun Thohir]] (died 1968), birth name Tahir bin Mandir, Indonesian soldier and terrorist
{{surname|Sa'id, Saeed, Said, Saïd}}

==In Christendom==
The Maltese surname ''Saïd'' has the same origin but has been borne by Latin Catholics for over seven centuries. Most Maltese surnames are of Italian origin, but this (with ''Abdilla'') is one of the very few authentically Arabic given names that have survived in the islands as family names. It is a variant of the medieval Sicilian Christian surname ''Saido'' or ''Saito'' (''Saidu''), which was derived from the Siculo-Arabic given name ''Sa'īd'' used by both Muslims and Christians. In Sicily and Malta, this surname was sometimes Italianized as ''(De) Felice''.{{citation needed|date=February 2025}}

The surname was established in Malta by 1419, appearing mostly as ''Sayd'' in the militia list of that year. In the 1480 militia list it is spelt mostly ''Said'', but was later variously written ''Said'', ''Sayd'', ''Sajt'', ''Sait'' in the Catholic church census of 1687. The anachronistic and undocumented claim that 'Nicolò Sayd', a grandson of Cem (1459–1496, the renegade son of [[Mehmed the Conqueror|Turkish Sultan Mehmet II]]) settled in Malta and became the ancestor of all Maltese bearing the surname ''Said'' is a fantasy inspired by the writings of historical novelists Maurice Caron and [[John Freely]] and recently promoted by amateur genealogists.{{Citation needed|date=April 2017}}

Today, francophone countries use transliterations of that name. These include the name Seydou, which is common in West Africa.{{citation needed|date=February 2025}}

==Fictional characters==
*[[Sayid Jarrah]], character on the television series ''Lost''
*[[Kareem Saïd]], character on the HBO drama ''Oz'' 
*[[Said Rachid]], character on the television series ''[[O Clone]]'', interpreted by [[Dalton Vigh]].
*Mustafa Sa'eed, protagonist of the novel [[Season of Migration to the North]]
*Saïd, character on the movie ''[[La Haine]]''

==Other uses==
*{{Transliteration|ar|al-Ṣaʿīd}} (spelled with a [[Tsade|Ṣād]], {{lang|ar|صعيد}}) is the Arabic term for [[Upper Egypt]]. The personal name is related to a different root, whose first letter is [[Shin (letter)|Sīn]].
**[[Sa'idi people]] refers to the inhabitants of Upper Egypt. 
*[[Saïd Business School]] at Oxford University, name after Wafic Saïd

==See also==
*[[Saidi (name)]]
*[[Bensaïd]]
*[[Essaïd]]
*[[Seydou]]
*[[Seydoux]]
*[[Sheikh Said (disambiguation)]]
*[[Sayyid (name)|Syed]], similar name with different pronunciation
*[[Suat]]

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