Obed (name)

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

Obed Akwa (born 1955), Ghanaian retired lieutenant-general and former Chief of the Defence Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces
Obed Ariri (born 1956), Nigerian gridiron football placekicker
Obed Asamoah (born 1936), Ghanaian politician
Obed Barney (fl. 1843–1844), American politician
Obed Cétoute (born 1983), Canadian gridiron football player
Obed Dickinson (1818–1892), American pioneer, abolitionist, minister and business owner
Obed Dlamini (born 1937), Prime Minister of Swaziland (1989–1993)
Obed Enamorado (born 1985), Honduran football goalkeeper
Obed Estrada (born 1994), Mexican footballer
Obed Gómez (born 1966), Puerto Rican artist
Obed Hall (1757–1828), American politician and pioneer
Obed Crosby Haycock (1901–1983), American engineer and educator
Obed Hussey (1792–1860), American inventor
Obed Simon Johnson (1881–1970), American academic, chaplain, congregational missionary and student of Chinese culture and history
Obed Macy (1801–1857), American physician, pioneer and politician
Obed Martínez (born 1996), Mexican footballer
Obed McCoy (born 1997), Vincentian cricketer
Obed Mlaba, mayor of the eThekwini, South Africa
Obed Mutanya (born 1981), Zambian long-distance and cross-country runner
Obed Nicholls (1885–1962), Cornish artist
Obed Owusu (born 1990), Ghanaian footballer
Obed Rincón (born 1985), Mexican footballer
Obed F. Strickland (1833–1887), justice of the Supreme Court of the Utah Territory
Obed Sullivan (born 1968), American boxer
Obed Taylor (1824–1881), American architect
Obed Vargas (born 2005), American soccer player
Obed Wheeler (1841–1898), American businessman and politician

Surname

Elisha Obed (born 1952), Bahamanian boxer
Rhema Obed (born 1991), English footballer
Z. Obed (died 2020), Indian politician

Given name

Surname

See also