{{otheruses}} {{Infobox given name | name = Samad | image. = | imagesize = | caption. = | pronunciation = | gender = Male | meaning = | region = Middle East | origin = Arabic | related names = Samet | footnotes = | wikt = }} '''Samad''' or '''Samed''' ({{langx|ar| صمد}}, ''Ṣamad'') is an Arabic male given name.
==Given name== *Abd al-Samad ibn Ali, Abbasid governor of Jazira in 780s. *Samed Abdul Awudu (born 1984), Ghanaian football player *Samad Nikkhah Bahrami (born 1983), Iranian basketball player *Samad Behrangi (1939–1967), Iranian teacher, folklorist and writer *Samad Marfavi (born 1965), Iranian football player *Samad bey Mehmandarov (1855–1931), Azerbaijani-Russian general *Samad Rustamov, Uzbek Sambo player *Samad Khan Momtaz os-Saltaneh (1869–1955), Iranian diplomat *Samad Shohzukhurov (born 1990), Tajik football player *Samad Taylor (born 1998), American baseball player *Samad Vurgun (1906–1956), Azerbaijani-Soviet poet *Samed Yeşil (born 1994), Turkish-German football player
==Middle name== * Abdul Samad Ismail (1924–2008), Malaysian journalist * Abdul Samad Rabiu (born 1960), Nigerian businessman * Abdul Samad of Selangor (1804–1898), Sultan of Selangor * Abdul Samad Abdulla (1946–2013), Maldivian foreign affairs minister
==Surname== *Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad (1927–1988), Egyptian Quran reciter *Abdus Samad Azad (1922–2005), Bangladeshi diplomat and politician *Hamed Abdel-Samad (born 1972), German-Egyptian writer *Mohammad Samad (born 2000), Indian actor *Mohammad Ridzwan bin Samad, a convicted rioter and gang member of Salakau in Singapore *Nabil Samad (born 1986), Bangladeshi cricketer *Omar Samad, Afghan diplomat *Sahal Abdul Samad (born 1997), Indian football player *Saleh Ali al-Sammad (1979–2018), Yemeni politician **Samad (UAV), an Iranian suicide drone named after Saleh Ali al-Sammad *Ziad Al-Samad (born 1978), Lebanese football player
==In fiction== *Samad, a character played by Ameet Chana in the British web series ''Corner Shop Show'' *Samad (fictional character), played by Iranian actor Parviz Sayyad *Samad Iqbal, a main character in the novel ''White Teeth'' by Zadie Smith
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Category:Arabic-language surnames Category:Masculine given names