{{Infobox name|name=Alcaide|gender=Male|meaning="Castle Commander"|region=Iberian Peninsula|language= Portuguese<br>Spanish|variant forms=Alcaid|footnotes=}}
'''Alcaide''' is a Portuguese and Spanish name, meaning 'castle commander'. It is borrowed from the Arabic term {{Transliteration|ar|qāʾid}}, which literally means 'commander'.
== Etymology == From the Arabic 'commander' it becomes the Spanish form '''alcayde''' or '''alcaide''', origin of the Portuguese form '''alcaide'''.<ref name="SOD">{{cite encyclopedia |year=1974 |title=Alcayde |encyclopedia=The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary |publisher=Oxford UP}}</ref>
== Notable people ==
* Ana Alcaide (born 1976), Spanish musician * Anselmo Pardo Alcaide (1913–1977), Spanish entomologist. * Carmen Alcayde (born 1973), Spanish TV presenter and actress * Chris Alcaide (1922–2004), American actor * David Alcaide (born 1978), Spanish pool player * Guillermo Alcaide (born 1986), Spanish tennis player * Pepe Alcaide (born 1979), Spanish footballer * Pilar Alcaide, Spanish-born cardiac biologist and immunologist * Víctor Aguirre Alcaide (born 1972), Mexican politician
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