Riad (name) explained
Riad (also spelled Riyad, Riyadh or Ryaid (more uncommon), Arabic: رياض|Riyāḍ, pronounced as /ar/) 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 (born 1928), Dominican sports shooter
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People with the surname
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