Said Family History
Said Name Meaning
Muslim: from a personal name based on Arabic sayyid ‘lord master’. This is a title of respect used for descendants of the prophet Muhammad through his daughter Fāṭima. Compare Saed and Sayed . Muslim and Jewish (from North Africa and Syria): from a personal name based on the Arabic adjective saʿīd ‘lucky fortunate’ ultimately derived from the same root (s-ʿ-d ‘happy fortunate’) as the names Massad Masud and Saad . Compare Saeed Sayeed and Seid . Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 薛 see Xue .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022