Sayyid ([ˈseːjɪd], Arabic: سيد, also transliterated as Sayed, or Syed, [ˈsajed]) is a masculine given name derived from the title Sayyid, it is not to be confused with the similar looking name Sayid (often spelled Saeed, [ˈsaʕiːd]). These people are not necessarily considered to be Sayyid; they only use Sayyid as a given name. Some people however with the name may be considered as being Sayyid (males accepted as descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammad through his grandsons, Hasan ibn Ali and Husain ibn Ali).
Syed Abul Maksud, Bangladeshi writer and columnist
Syed Ahmed Khan, Indian educator and politician
Syed Ahmed, British Bangladeshi entrepreneur
Sayed Awad, Egyptian composer
Sayed Darwish, Egyptian singer
Syed Farid, Indian footballer
Syed Faruk, Singaporean football manager
Sayed Gouda, Egyptian poet
Syed Hussain, Indian politician
Syed Ibrahim, Indian Sufi
Syed Kirmani, Indian cricketer
Syed Mahmud, Indian politician
Syed Manzoorul Islam, Bangladeshi author
Syed Masood, fictional character, mispronounced as Sa‘id
Sayed Moawad, Egyptian footballer
Sayed Mosaad, Egyptian footballer
Syed Mujtaba Ali, Bengali author
Sayyid Qutb, Egyptian pan-Islamist
Syed Shamsul Haque, Bangladeshi poet
Syed Sheh Hassan Barakbah, Malaysian judge
Syed Ziaur Rahman, Indian scientist & pharmacologist
Syed Yazid, Malaysian unionist
Sayyed Mahmud Khan, Great and powerful general in Akbar's army
Saif Khan Barha, Chief of Sayyeds of Barha in Jahangir's time
Sayed Yusuf, Indian field hockey player
Syed Rashid Ali, Danish cricketer
Syed Sadequain Ahmed Naqvi, Pakistani artist referred to as Sadequain
G. M. Syed, Pakistani politician
Mohamed Elsayed, Egyptian boxer
Nader El-Sayed, Egyptian footballer
Shahi Sayed, Pakistani politician
Khalid Al-Sayyid, Lebanese actor and voice actor
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