Family name Gaïd (قايد 
, Gaïd 
) , in the entire world, is a common last name. The last name Gaïd is habitual in Yemen, where it is quite a common surname, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt, where it is quite a rare surname. Also, Gaïd is the forename as well as the last name.
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| قايد | Iran, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Egypt |
| Gaïd | France, Algeria |
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malika gaïd Algerian nurse and independence fighter, DZ (b. 1933) |
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| mouloud gaïd politician, DZ (b. 1916) |
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| tahar gaïd Algerian diplomat, labor activist, translator, writer (1929–2019), DZ (b. 1929) |
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