Sajjad

Sajjad
Pronunciation	Arabic: [saʤaːd]
Gender	Male
Origin
Meaning	Kneeling in prayer
Region of origin	Arabia
Other names
Related names	Sajjad

Sajjad سَجَّاد is a given name and a surname derived from the Arabic triliteral س_ج_د S-J-D 'to bow down (before God)', shared with the Arabic word مسجد masjid 'mosque'.^[1]

Notable people with the name include:

Given name

Imam Sajjad (Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin) (658-712), 4th Imam of Shia Islam
Syed Sajjad Haider Yaldram (1880–1943), Urdu short story writer, travel writer, translator, linguist, essayist, and humorist
Sajjad Afghani (died 1999), Kashmiri militant and Commander-in-Chief of Harkat Ul Ansar
Sajjad Akbar (1961-2024), Pakistani cricketer
Sajjad Ali (born 1966), Pakistani semi-classical, pop singer, film actor, director and producer
Sajjad Anoushiravani (born 1984), Iranian weightlifter
Sajjad Fazel (born 1991), Tanzanian clinical pharmacist, public health researcher, health columnist
Sajjad Ganjzadeh (born 1992), Iranian karateka
Sajjad Gul, Pakistani film producer, media mogul
Sajad Haider (1932-2025), Pakistani fighter pilot
Sajjad Hussain (cricketer, born 1980) (born 1980), Indian cricketer
Sajjad Hussain (cricketer, born 1986) (born 1986), Pakistani cricketer
Sajjad Hussain (composer) (1917-1995), Indian music director
Sajjad Karim (born 1970), British Asian politician
Sajjad Gharibi (born 1991), Iranian bodybuilder
Sajjad Ghani Lone (born 1967), Indian Kashmiri politician, and former Member of the Legislative Assembly
Sajjad Mardani (born 1988), Iranian taekwondo player
Sajjad Haider Nadeem (born 1957), Pakistani politician, member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
Sajjad Hussain Qureshi (1923–1998), politician, Governor of Punjab 1985-1988
Sajjad Shar (born 1986), Secretary General of banned organization Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz
Sajjad Zaheer (1905-1973), Urdu writer, Marxist thinker and revolutionary

Middle name

Aasim Sajjad Akhtar, Pakistani professor, politician and columnist
Aamer Sajjad (born 1981), Pakistani cricketer
Razia Sajjad Zaheer (1918–1979), Indian writer in the Urdu language, translator

Surname

Enver Sajjad (1935–2019), Pakistani playwright and fiction writer
Pervez Sajjad (born 1942), Pakistani cricketer
Wasim Sajjad (born 1941), Pakistani lawyer, former President of Pakistan

References

^ Shaked, Shaul (2005). "Aramaic Loan-words in Middle Persian". Bulletin of the Asia Institute. 19: 159–168. ISSN 0890-4464.

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[1] Shaked, Shaul (2005). "Aramaic Loan-words in Middle Persian". Bulletin of the Asia Institute. 19: 159–168. ISSN 0890-4464.

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