Abid

Abid (Arabic: عابد ‘Ābid), also Abed, literally meaning worshipper, adorer, devout¹² is an Arabic name. It may be either a surname or given name.

In the Russian language, "Аби́д" (Abid), or its form "Ави́д" (Avid), is an old and uncommon³ 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:

• Ahmad Izzat Pasha al-Abid (1855–1924), Syrian counselor to Ottoman Sultan Abdulhamid II
• Hawlu Pasha al-Abid (1824–1895), prominent Syrian administrator during the reign of Ottoman Sultan Abdulaziz; father of the former
• Muhammad Ali Bay al-Abid (1867–1939), first president of the mandatory Syrian Republic; grandson of the former
• 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 (1936–2019), Bangladeshi/British social worker
• Kalbe Abid (died 1986, Maulana Syed Kalbe Abid Naqvi), mujtahid
• Pépé Abed, (1911–2006), Lebanese adventurer, explorer, and entrepreneur
• Qazi Abdul Majeed Abid (1915–1996), Pakistani politician and journalist
• 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
• Shireen Abed, Palestinian pediatrician and neonatal specialist
• Zara Abid (1992–2020), Pakistani model

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

• Abid Ali, multiple people
• Abed Azrie (born 1945), Syrian singer of Arab classical music
• Abid Briki (born 1957), Tunisian trade unionist and politician
• Abed Daoudieh (1920–2015), Jordanian politician
• Abid Ghoffar Aboe Dja'far (born 1954), Javanese Indonesian singer-songwriter
• Abid Hamid Mahmud (1957–2012), Iraqi military officer
• Abid Hasan (diplomat) (1911–1984), officer of the Indian National Army
• Abid Hassan Minto (born 1932), Pakistani lawyer
• Abed Hishoono (born 1974), Namibian politician
• Abid Hussain (1926–2012), Indian economist and diplomat
• Abid Kashmiri (1950–2024), Pakistani actor and comedian
• 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
• Abidur Reza Chowdhury (1872–1961), Bengali politician and educationist
• Abed Yassin (born 2004), Palestinian footballer