{{refimprove|date=March 2026}} '''Abidi''', '''Abedi''' '''or Al-Abedi''' ({{langx|ar|عابدي}}) is a surname derived from the personal name Abid or Abed.<ref>{{cite book |title=Dictionary of American family names |date=2022 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |isbn=9780190245122 |edition=Second}}</ref>
Notable people with the surname include: * Agha Hasan Abedi (1922–1995), Pakistani banker and founder of BCCI * Amir Abedi (1924–1964), Mayor of Dar es Salaam * Asad Abidi (born 1956), Pakistani electrical engineer * Azhar Abidi (born 1968), Pakistani-Australian author and translator * Colet Abedi, Iranian-American writer and producer * Intezar Abidi (born 1976), alias Bobby, Indian politician and former member of the Uttar Pradesh state government * Hasan Abidi (1929–2005), Pakistani journalist, writer and Urdu-language poet * Javed Abidi (1965–2018), disability rights activist * Nain Abidi (born 1985), international cricketer from Pakistan * Omar Abidi, drummer for the English band Fightstar * Raza Ali Abidi (born 1936), Pakistani journalist and radio broadcaster * Razi Abedi, Pakistani writer * Faisal Raza Abidi (born 1971), former senator representing the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) for Sindh Province * Syed Ali Raza Abidi (1972–2018), Pakistani politician of the MQM party and also MPA of National Assembly * Bani Abidi (born 1971), Pakistani visual artist
==See also== * Robson Vicente Gonçalves (born 1979), Brazilian footballer known as Abedi * Abid * Abida (disambiguation)
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