Junayd

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
• 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
• 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

See also

• Cüneyt, Turkish form of the name
• Ismail and Junaid, Pakistani musical band
• Loon (rapper), adopted the name Amir Junaid Muhadith after converting to Islam