Saadia (given name)

Saadia (Arabic: سعدية‎, Hebrew: סעדיה‎) or Saadiya is an Arabic, Hebrew and Berber masculine and feminine proper name. It is used as a forename and more rarely as a surname. According to some classical rabbinical sources, the name derives from the Hebrew verb Sa'ad (Hebrew: סעד‎, support), and means "God has supported". According to researchers at the Wissenschaft des Judentums, however, it is an artificially Hebrewised form of the Arabic name Sa'id (Happy سعيد). It is indeed common that in Arabic speaking countries, people called Saadia are also known as Sa'id.

Saadia (given name)

Saadia (Arabic: سعدية‎, Hebrew: סעדיה‎) or Saadiya is an Arabic, Hebrew and Berber masculine and feminine proper name. It is used as a forename and more rarely as a surname. According to some classical rabbinical sources, the name derives from the Hebrew verb Sa'ad (Hebrew: סעד‎, support), and means "God has supported". According to researchers at the Wissenschaft des Judentums, however, it is an artificially Hebrewised form of the Arabic name Sa'id (Happy سعيد). It is indeed common that in Arabic speaking countries, people called Saadia are also known as Sa'id.