Saddam (name)

Template:Infobox given name Saddam (Arabic: صدام, Ṣaddām) is an Arabic title that means "one who confronts".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Other meanings include: "one who frequently causes collisions", "powerful collider", and "powerful confronter." The name has risen in popularity in some Sunni populations after the Iraq War and Saddam Hussein's execution.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

People

• Saddam Hussein (1937Template:Endash2006), 5th President of Iraq
• Saddam Hussain (athlete) (born 1991), Pakistani runner
• Saddam Hussain (footballer) (born 1993), Pakistani footballer
• Saddam Hosein, Trinidad and Tobago politician
• Saddam Hossain (cricketer) (born 1995), Bangladeshi cricketer
• Saddam Haftar (born 1991), Libyan politician
• Saddam Kamel (1956Template:Endash1996), former head of the Iraqi Republican Guard, relative of Saddam Hussein
• Saddam Kietyongyuth (born 1983), Thai boxer
• Saddam al-Jamal (born 1987), Islamic militant
• Saddam Abdel-Muhsan (born 1991), Jordanian footballer
• Saddam Afridi, Pakistani cricketer
• Sadam Ali (born 1988), Yemeni-American boxer
• Sadam Koumi (born 1994), Sudanese sprinter
• Sadam Sulley (born 1996), Ghanaian footballer
• Sadam Mangal (born 1998), Afghan cricketer
• Saddem Hmissi (born 1991), Tunisian volleyball player