Raed (pronounced [ˈræːˈed]; Arabic: رائد, Rā'id) is an Arabic male name, meaning leader or pioneer.

People

• Raed Arafat (born 1964), Syrian-born physician of Palestinian descent and Romanian citizenship
• Raed Elhamali, Libyan-American basketball player
• Raed Fares, Syrian journalist, activist and civil society leader from Kafr Nabl, Syria
• Raed Jarrar, Iraqi-born architect, blogger, and political advocate
• Raed Khoury, former minister of economy and trade of Lebanon
• Ra'ed Al-Nawateer, Jordanian footballer
• Raed Salah, Palestinian politician
• Raed al-Saleh, founder and director of the Syria Civil Defense, known as the White Helmets
• Raed Zidan, first Palestinian man to Summit Mount Everest, first Palestinian man to complete the Seven Summits