Sa‘id

Sa‘īd ( _ar. 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.