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

Junaid

• 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 (singer) (born 1981), Pakistani singer-songwriter
• Junaid Siddique (born 1987), Bangladeshi cricketer
• Junaid Siddiqui (born 1985), Pakistani-Canadian cricketer
• Junaid Thorne, Australian Islamic preacher
• Junaid Zia (born 1983), Pakistani cricketer

Zunaid

• Zunaid Ahmed Palak (born 1980), Bangladeshi politician

Junayd

• 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

• Mohammed Junaid Babar (born c. 1975), Pakistani-American terrorist

Persons with the surname

Junaid

• 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

• 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

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