Sajjad is a given name and a surname. This name is derived from the Arabic word "Masjid", which is actually derived from another word in the Middle Persian language.

The word "Masjid" means Mosque And the name "Sajjad" means "The one who worships a lot in the Mosque". The word "Masjid' is pronounced "Mazgat" in Middle Persian, meaning "The place of Mazda".

Notable people with the name include:

Given name[edit]

• Imam Sajjad (Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin), 4th Imam of Shia Islam
• Syed Sajjad Haider Yaldram (1880–1943), Urdu short story writer, travel writer, translator, linguist, essayist, and humorist
• Sajjad Afghani, Kashmiri militant and Commander-in-Chief of Harkat Ul Ansar
• Sajjad Akbar (born 1961), Pakistani cricketer
• Sajjad Ali, Pakistani semi-classical, pop singer, film actor, director and producer
• Sajjad Anoushiravani (born 1984), Iranian weightlifter
• Sajjad Fazel (born 1991), Tanzanian clinical pharmacist, public health researcher, health columnist
• Sajjad Ganjzadeh (born 1992), Iranian karateka
• Sajjad Gul, Pakistani film producer, media mogul
• Sajjad Hussain (cricketer, born 1980), Indian cricketer
• Sajjad Hussain (cricketer, born 1986), Pakistani cricketer
• Sajjad Hussain (composer), Indian music director
• Sajjad Karim, British Asian politician
• Sajjad Gharibi (born 1991), Iranian bodybuilder
• Sajjad Ghani Lone (born 1967), Indian Kashmiri politician, and former Member of the Legislative Assembly
• Sajjad Mardani (born 1988), Iranian taekwondo player
• Sajjad Haider Nadeem, Pakistani politician, member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
• Sajjad Hussain Qureshi (1923–1998), politician, Governor of Punjab 1985-1988
• Sajjad Shar (born 1986), Secretary General of banned organization Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz
• Sajjad Zaheer, Urdu writer, Marxist thinker and revolutionary

Middle name[edit]

• Aasim Sajjad Akhtar, Pakistani professor, politician and columnist
• Aamer Sajjad (born 1981), Pakistani cricketer
• Razia Sajjad Zaheer (1918–1979), Indian writer in the Urdu language, translator

Surname[edit]

• Enver Sajjad (1935–2019), Pakistani playwright and fiction writer
• Pervez Sajjad, Pakistani cricketer
• Wasim Sajjad, Pakistani lawyer, former President of Pakistan