Riad (name)

Riad (also less commonly spelled Ryad, Riyad, Riyadh or Ryaid), Arabic: رياض, romanized: Riyāḍ, pronounced [riːˈɑːdˤ]) is a masculine Arabic given name and surname, meaning "meadows", "gardens".

People with the given name

• Riad al-Asaad (born 1961), commander of the Free Syrian Army
• Riad Asmat (born 1971), Malaysian businessman
• Riad Bajić (born 1994), Bosnian footballer
• Riad Benayad (born 1996), Algerian footballer
• Riad Benchadi (born 1978), Algerian footballer
• Riad Beyrouti (1944–2019), Syrian painter
• Riad Bouchaker (born 1973), Algerian perpetrator of a mass stabbing
• Riad Chibani (born 1964), Algerian judoka
• Riad Darar (born 1954), Syrian activist and author
• Riad Hammadou (born 1976), Algerian footballer
• Riad Higazy (1919–1967), Egyptian earth scientist
• Riad Ismat (1947–2020), Syrian politician
• Riad Jarjour (born 1948), Syrian Christian clergyman
• Riaad Moosa (born 1977), Indian-born South African comedian
• Riad Nouri (born 1985), French-Algerian footballer
• Riad Rahal (born 1950), Lebanese Greek Orthodox surgeon and politician
• Riad Ribeiro (born 1981), Brazilian volleyballer
• Riad Salamé (born 1950), Lebanese banker and governor
• Riad al-Saray (1975–2010), Iraqi journalist, television presenter, lawyer, and politician
• Riad Seif (born 1946), Syrian political dissident and businessman
• Riad Shehata (died 1942), Egyptian photographer
• Riad Al Solh (1894–1951), first prime minister of Lebanon
• Riad Al Sunbati (1906–1981), Egyptian composer and musician
• Riad Taha (1927–1980), Lebanese journalist
• Riad al-Turk (1930–2024), Syrian politician
• Riad Yassin (born 1955), Yemeni politician and diplomat
• Riad Yunes (1928–?), Dominican sports shooter

Ryad

• Ryad Assani-Razaki (born 1981), Beninese-Canadian writer
• Ryad Boudebouz (born 1990), Algerian-French footballer
• Mohamed Ryad Garidi (born 1977), Algerian rower
• Ryad Hachem (born 1998), French footballer
• Mohamed Ryad Ben Haddad (born 1959), Algerian hurdler
• Ryad Kenniche (born 1993), Algerian footballer
• Ryad Kerbouz (born 1969), Algerian-born French-American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
• Ryad Merhy (born 1992), Ivorian-born Belgian professional boxer
• Ryad Mezzour (born 1971), Moroccan politician and engineer

Riyad

• Riyad Naasan Agha (born 1947), Syrian politician
• Riyadh Al-Azzawi (born 1986), Iraqi-born British kickboxer
• Riyadh Khalaf, (born 1991) Irish broadcaster, author, and YouTuber
• Riyad Hassan El-Khoudary (born 1943), Palestinian academic
• Riyad Mahrez (born 1991), Algerian footballer
• Riyad al-Maliki (born 1955), Palestinian politician
• Riyadh Roberts, the legal name of rapper YoungstaCPT (born 1991)

People with the surname

• Ali Mohamed Riad (1904–1978), Egyptian footballer
• Hussein Riad (1897–1965), Egyptian actor
• Khadiga Riad (1914–1981), Egyptian painter
• Mahmoud Riad (1917–1992), Egyptian diplomat
• Mohamed Riad (born 1927), Egyptian scholar and geographer
• Mohamed Ali Riad (1927–1958), Egyptian fencer
• Tarek Riad (born 1960), Egyptian sport shooter
• Tomas Riad (born 1959), Swedish linguist
• Wael Riad (born 1981), Egyptian footballer

See also

• Riyadh the facilitator, pseudonym
• Riaz (name)
• Riyadh (disambiguation)
• Riad (disambiguation)