Abid

Abid
Gender	Male
Language(s)	Arabic
Origin
Meaning	one who worships

Abid (Arabic: عابد ‎), also Abed, literally meaning worshipper, adorer, devout^[1][2] may be either a surname or given name.

In the Russian language, "Аби́д" (Abid), or its form "Ави́д" (Avid), is an old and rare^[3] male given name.^[4] Included into various, often handwritten, church calendars throughout the 17th–19th centuries, it was omitted from the official Synodal Menologium at the end of the 19th century.^[5] Its origins are either Arabic (where it means desired) or Aramaic (where it means work, labor).^[6] The diminutive of "Avid" is Avidka (Ави́дка).^[3] The patronymics derived from "Avid" are "Ави́дович" (Avidovich; masculine) and "Ави́довна" (Avidovna; feminine).^[3]

As a surname, in the form Al-Abid (Arabic: العابد ‎) and its variants, it is shared by the following people:

• Muhammad Ali al-Abid (1867–1939), first president of Syria
• Ahmad Izzat al-Abid (1855–1924), Syrian politician
• Nawaf Al Abed (born 1990), Saudi association football player

As a surname:

• Abid Ali Abid (1906–1971), Urdu and Persian critic and poet
• Chaudhry Abid Sher Ali (born 1971), Pakistani politician and businessman
• Fazle Hasan Abed (born 1936), Bangladeshi/British social worker
• Kalbe Abid (d. 1986, Maulana Syed Kalbe Abid Naqvi), mujtahid
• Kazi Asad Abid (21st century), chairman and CEO of The Daily Ibrat newspaper
• Pépé Abed, (1911–2006), Lebanese adventurer, explorer, and entrepreneur
• Qazi Abdul Majeed Abid, politician and journalist from Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan
• Laïla Abid (born 1977), Moroccan-Dutch journalist
• Mohammed Abed al-Jabri (1936–2010), Moroccan critic and professor of philosophy and Islamic thought
• Ramzi Abid (born 1980), Canadian professional ice hockey player
• Ramzi Abed (born 1973), American film director

As a given name or colloquial name, it is shared by the following people:

• Abed Azrie (born 1945), Syrian singer of Arab classical music
• Abed Daoudieh (1920–2015), Jordanian politician
• Abid Ghoffar Aboe Dja'far (born 1954), Javanese Indonesian singer-songwriter
• Abid Hamid Mahmud (late 20th century), Iraqi military officer
• Abid Hasan (diplomat) (bef. 1947–1984), officer of the Indian National Army
• Abid Hassan Minto (born 1932), Pakistani lawyer
• Abid Hussain (late 20th century), Indian economist and diplomat
• Abed Khan (born 1945), Bangladeshi journalist
• Abid Kovačević (born 1952), former Bosnian association football player
• Abed Mahfouz (born 1956), Lebanese fashion designer
• Abid Mutlak al-Jubouri (late 20th century), Iraqi politician
• Abid Nabi (born 1985), Indian first class cricketer
• Abed Nadir, fictional character on the TV show Community
• Abid Qaiyum Suleri (born 1969), Pakistani social policy analyst and development practitioner
• Abed Rabah (born 1975), Israeli association football player
• Abid Raja (born 1975), Pakistani Norwegian politician
• Abid Raza (born 1981), Guantanamo Bay detainee
• Abid Ullah Jan (21st century), prolific writer

See also

• Abid Ali (disambiguation)

References

Notes

1. Salahuddin Ahmed (1999). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. London: Hurst & Company.
2. S. A. Rahman (2001). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. New Delhi: Goodword Books.
3. Petrovsky, p. 34
4. Superanskaya, p. 29
5. Superanskaya, pp. 23 and 29
6. Superanskaya, pp. 29 and 32

Sources

• Н. А. Петровский (N. A. Petrovsky). "Словарь русских личных имён" (Dictionary of Russian First Names). ООО Издательство "АСТ". Москва, 2005. ISBN 5-17-002940-3
• А. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya). "Словарь русских имён" (Dictionary of Russian Names). Издательство Эксмо. Москва, 2005. ISBN 5-699-14090-5