Said is an Arabic name, often written Sa'id or Saeed, that means "happy" or "fortunate", from the root for good luck. It has been in use since the earliest days of Islam and is common from Morocco to Pakistan; the scholar Edward Said is a well-known American bearer. Said peaked at number 1131 in the United States in 2010 and has climbed again recently, from number 2079 in 2019 to number 1596 in 2025.