Hamid refers to two different but related Arabic given names, both of which come from the Arabic triconsonantal root of Ḥ-M-D (ِِح-م-د): (Arabic: حَامِد ḥāmid) also spelled Haamed, Hamid or Hamed, and in Turkish Hamit; it means "lauder" or "one who praises". (Arabic: حَمِيد ḥamīd) also spelled Hamid, or Hameed, in Turkish is Hamit, and in Azeri is Həmid or Һәмид; it means "lauded" or "praiseworthy". Given name Hamid Hamid Ahmadi (historian) (b. 1945), Iranian historian Hamid Ahmadi (futsal) (b. 1988), Iranian futsal player Hamid Ahmadieh, Iranian ophthalmologist and medical scientist Hamid Al Shaeri, Egyptian-Libyan singer, songwriter, and musician Hamid Arasly, Azeri and Soviet scientist Hamid Arzulu, Azerbaijani poet and writer Hamid Berhili (born 1964), Moroccan boxer Hamid Mahmood Butt, Pakistani ophthalmologist Hamid Chitchian (born c. 1957), Iranian politician Hamid Drake, American musician Hamid Etemad, Iranian professor Hamid Frangieh (1907–1981), Lebanese politician Hamid Gabbay, Iranian-born American architect Hamid Ghandehari, Iranian-American drug chemist Hamid Gul, Pakistani politician Hamid Guska, head coach of Bosnian national boxing team Hamid Hassani (born 1968), Iranian lexicographer Hamid Ismailov, Uzbek journalist Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan from 2002 to 2014 Hamid Hussain Musavi, Indian scholar Hamid Notghi, Iranian Azeri poet, writer, author, university professor Hamid Olimjon (1909–1944), Uzbek poet and scholar Hamid Ekrem Šahinović, Bosnian writer and dramatist Hamid Naderi Yeganeh, Iranian mathematical artist Hamed / Hameed Hamed Gohar, Egyptian oceanographer Hamed Haddadi, Iranian basketball player Hameed Haroon, Pakistani economist Hamed Namouchi, Tunisian footballer Hameed Nizami, Pakistani journalist Hamed Rasouli, Iranian footballer Hamed Sohrabnejad, Iranian basketball player Hamed Traorè, Ivorian footballer Middle name Abed Hamed Mowhoush, Iraqi general Awad Hamed al-Bandar, Iraqi chief judge Mohammad Hamid Ansari (born 1937), vice-president of India Surname Alejandro Hamed, Paraguayan diplomat and Arabist Amir Hamed, Uruguayan writer and translator Amr Hamed, Canadian terrorist Ezzedin Yacoub Hamed, Egyptian Long Jumper Haseeb Hameed, English cricketer Ibrahim Hamed, Hamas military commander Mohsin Hamid (born 1971), Pakistani British author Jasmin Hamid, Finnish actress Mohamed Naguib Hamed, Egyptian athlete Naseem Hamed, British boxer Nima Arkani-Hamed, Canadian-American theoretical physicist Rani Hamid (born 1944), Bangladeshi chess player Sanaa Ismail Hamed, Egyptian model Taha Bidaywi Hamed, Iraqi politician Yasmeen Hameed, Pakistani Urdu poet Zid Abou Hamed, Australian athlete See also Abu Hamid Muhammad Ibn Muhammad Al-Ghazali Persian theologian, philosopher, jurist Al Hamed, town in Egypt near Rosetta Hameed a village in Hazro Tehsil, Punjab, Pakistan Abdul Hamid Hamid al-Din (disambiguation) Hamidids, 14th century Turkic dynasty Hamit Hamidah (disambiguation)