Riad (also spelled Riyad or Riyadh, Arabic: رياض, romanized: Riyāḍ, pronounced [riːˈɑːdˤ]) 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 (born 1944), 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, 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, first prime minister of Lebanon
 - Riad Al Sunbati (1906–1981), Egyptian composer and musician
 - Riad Taha (1927–1980), Lebanese journalist
 - Riad al-Turk (born 1930), Syrian politician
 - Riad Yassin (born 1955), Yemeni politician and diplomat
 - Riad Yunes (born 1928), Dominican sports shooter
 
Riyad
- Riyad Naasan Agha (born 1947), Syrian politician
 - Riyadh Al-Azzawi (born 1986), Iraqi-born British kickboxer
 - Riyadh Khalaf, (born 1991) Irish broadcaster, author, and YouTuber
 - Riyad Hassan El-Khoudary (born 1943), Palestinian academic
 - Riyad Mahrez (born 1991), Algerian footballer
 - Riyad al-Maliki, Palestinian politician
 - Riyadh Roberts, the legal name of rapper YoungstaCPT
 
People with the surname
- Ali Mohamed Riad (1904–?), Egyptian footballer
 - Hussein Riad (1897–1965), Egyptian actor
 - Khadiga Riad (1914–1981), Egyptian painter
 - Mahmoud Riad (1917–1992), Egyptian diplomat
 - Mohamed Riad (born 1927), Egyptian scholar and geographer
 - Mohamed Ali Riad (1927–1958), Egyptian fencer
 - Tarek Riad (born 1960), Egyptian sport shooter
 - Tomas Riad (born 1959), Swedish linguist
 - Wael Riad (born 1981), Egyptian footballer
 
See also
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