# Alcaide

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{{Infobox name|name=Alcaide|gender=Male|meaning="Castle Commander"|region=[Iberian Peninsula](/source/Iberian_Peninsula)|language= [Portuguese](/source/Portuguese_language)<br>[Spanish](/source/Spanish_language)|variant forms=Alcaid|footnotes=}}

'''Alcaide''' is a [Portuguese](/source/Portuguese_language) and [Spanish](/source/Spanish_language) name, meaning 'castle commander'. It is borrowed from the Arabic term {{Transliteration|ar|[qāʾid](/source/Qaid)}}, 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](/source/Ana_Alcaide) (born 1976), Spanish musician
* [Anselmo Pardo Alcaide](/source/Anselmo_Pardo_Alcaide) (1913–1977), Spanish entomologist.
* [Carmen Alcayde](/source/Carmen_Alcayde) (born 1973), Spanish TV presenter and actress
* [Chris Alcaide](/source/Chris_Alcaide) (1922–2004), American actor
* [David Alcaide](/source/David_Alcaide) (born 1978), Spanish pool player
* [Guillermo Alcaide](/source/Guillermo_Alcaide) (born 1986), Spanish tennis player
* [Pepe Alcaide](/source/Pepe_Alcaide) (born 1979), Spanish footballer
* [Pilar Alcaide](/source/Pilar_Alcaide), Spanish-born cardiac biologist and immunologist
* [Víctor Aguirre Alcaide](/source/V%C3%ADctor_Aguirre_Alcaide) (born 1972), Mexican politician

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