Junayd
Junayd or Junaid or Junayed (Arabic: جنيد) and sometimes Jounaid is a male given name which means soldier or warrior.
Persons with the given name
[edit]Junaid
[edit]- Junaid Akbar (born 1975), Pakistani politician
- Junaid of Babunagar (1953-2021), Bangladeshi Islamic scholar
- Junaid Ismail Dockrat, South African Dentist
- Junaid Hartley (born 1978), South African footballer
- Junaid Jamshed (1964–2016), Pakistani singer
- Khawaja Junaid (born 1966), Pakistani field hockey player
- Junaid Khan (cricketer) (born 1989), Pakistani cricketer
- Junaid Khan (actor) (born 1981), Pakistani actor and singer-songwriter
- Junaid Siddique (born 1987), Bangladeshi cricketer
- Junaid Siddiqui (born 1985), Pakistani-Canadian cricketer
- Junaid Thorne (born 1991), Australian Islamic preacher
- Junaid Zia (born 1983), Pakistani cricketer
Zunaid
[edit]- Zunaid Ahmed Palak (born 1980), Bangladeshi politician
Junayd
[edit]- Junayd of Baghdad (830–910), Persian Sufi
- Junayd (illustrator) (circa 1396, Baghdad)
- Junayd of Gujarat, Indian Sufi
- Junayd of Shiraz (fl. 1389), Persian Sufi
- Junayd of Aydın (died 1425), nobleman and warrior in Anatolia
- Shaykh Junayd (died 1460), the Sheikh of Safaviya
Persons with the middle name
[edit]- Mohammed Junaid Babar (born c. 1975), Pakistani-American terrorist
Persons with the surname
[edit]Junaid
[edit]- Bushra Junaid, Canadian artist, curator and arts administrator
- Junaid Muhammad Junaid (born 1955), Yemeni poet
- Masooma Junaid, (born 1989), Pakistani cricketer
- Muctar Yunos Junaid, Filipino politician
- Rameez Junaid (born 1981), Australian tennis player
Juned
[edit]- Abdul Aziz Juned (born 1941), Grand Mufti of Brunei
See also
[edit]- Cüneyt, Turkish form of the name
- Ismail and Junaid, Pakistani musical band
- Loon (rapper), adopted the name Amir Junaid Muhadith after converting to Islam