Worldwide, ﺳﻴﺪ (ﺳﻴﺪ 
) is quite a common masculine first name. The first name ﺳﻴﺪ is habitual in Northern Africa, particularly Egypt, where it is quite a rare masculine name, Sudan, and Libya, where it is a rare masculine name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Egypt, Sudan, and Iraq. Likewise, ﺳﻴﺪ is the last name as well as the forename.