Obed (Hebrew: עוֹבֵד, ‘Ōḇēḏ, "worshipper") is a given name, following the biblical figure Obed. It may also serve as a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
- John Obed Howard (born 1928), a lightweight professional boxer from Canada
- Obed Ariri (born 1956), a former American football placekicker
- Obed Asamoah (born 1936), a politician from Ghana
- Obed Cétoute (born 1983), a Canadian gridiron football player
- Obed Crosby Haycock (1901–1983), a scientist and educator
- Obed Dlamini (born 1937), Prime Minister of Swaziland 1989–1993
- Obed Enamorado (born 1985), a Honduran football goalkeeper
- Obie Fernandez, author, computer programmer, American
- Obed Gómez (born 1966), a Puerto Rican artist of modern art
- Obed Hall (1757–1828), a United States Representative from New Hampshire
- Obed Hussey (1792–1860), an American inventor
- Obed McCoy (born 1997), a Vincentian cricketer
- Obed Mlaba, mayor of the eThekwini, South Africa
- Obed Mutanya (born 1981), a Zambian long-distance and cross country runner
- Obed Nicholls (1885–1962), a Cornish artist in copper repousse
- Obed F. Strickland (1833–1887), justice of the Supreme Court of the Utah Territory
- Obed Sullivan, (born 1968), a heavyweight boxer
- Obed Vargas (born 2005), an American professional soccer player
Surname
- Elisha Obed (born 1952), a Bahamanian boxer
- Z. Obed, a politician from Nagaland, India
See also
- All pages with titles containing Obed
- Obed (disambiguation)
- Oved, a spelling variant of the name
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