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[Ustād Junayd]
Gender:
Male
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Introduction
Junayd or Junaid (Arabic: جنيد) is a male given name which means soldier or warrior. Notable persons with the name include:
Persons with the given name
- Junaid Thorne, Australian Islamic preacher
- Junayd of Baghdad (830–910), Persian Sufi
- Junayd of Gujarat, Indian Sufi
- Junayd Shirazi (fl. 1389), Persian Sufi
- Junayd of Aydın (died 1425), nobleman and warrior in Anatolia
- Shaykh Junayd (died 1460), the Sheikh of Safaviya
- Junaid Muhammad Junaid (born 1955), Yemeni poet
- Junaid Jamshed (1964–2016), Pakistani singer
- Khawaja Junaid (born 1966), Pakistani field hockey player
- Junaid Saleem (born 1968), Pakistani journalist
- Mohammed Junaid Babar (born c. 1975), Pakistani-American terrorist
- Junaid Akbar (born 1975), Pakistani politician
- Junaid Hartley (born 1978), South African footballer
- Zunaid Ahmed Palak (born 1980), Bangladeshi politician
- Junaid Khan (singer) (born 1981), Pakistani singer-songwriter
- Junaid Zia (born 1983), Pakistani cricketer
- Junaid Siddiqui (born 1985), Pakistani-Canadian cricketer
- Junaid Siddique (born 1987), Bangladeshi cricketer
- Junaid Khan (born 1989), Pakistani cricketer
- Jernade Miah (born 1991), British-Bangladeshi singer
- Jernade Meade (born 1992), English footballer
- Junaid Ismail Dockrat, South African Dentist
Persons with the surname
- Rameez Junaid (born 1981), Australian tennis player
- Muctar Yunos Junaid, Filipino politician
- Masooma Junaid, (born 1989), Pakistani cricketer
- Abdul Aziz Juned, Grand Mufti of Brunei