Saʽid (also spelled Saʽeid, Said, Sid, Saeed or Sayid; Arabic: سعيد Saʽīd) is a male Arabic given name, which means "happy". For the female version, see Saida; for the Turkish variant, see Sait; for the Bosnian variant, see Seid. Said or Sid is the spelling used in most Latin languages.
The Maltese surname Said has the same origin but has been borne by Latin Catholics for over seven centuries. Most Maltese surnames are of Italian origin, but this (with Abdilla) is one of the very few authentically Arabic given names that have survived in the islands as family names. It is a variant of the medieval...