Safadi

Safadi or al-Safadi is an Arabic surname (nisba) which denotes an origin from the city of Safed (also Safad/Zefat). Safdie is a Sephardic kaneani surname of the same origin. Notable people with the name include:

• Al-Safadi, Mamluk author and historian
• Al-Khalidi al-Safadi, Ottoman historian and mufti
• Ayman Safadi, Jordanian politician
• Bassel Safadi, Palestinian-Syrian Software engineer
• Benny Safdie, American film director, one-half of the Safdie brothers
• Dalal Khalil Safadi, Lebanese writer
• Joe Safdie, American poet
• Mohammad Safadi, Lebanese businessman and politician
• Moshe Safdie, Israeli-Canadian-American architect, founder of Safdie Rabines Architects
• Nicasio Safadi, Ecuadorian musician of Lebanese descent
• Omar Al-Safadi, Qatari handball player
• Oren Safdie, playwright and screenwriter, son of Moshe Safdie
• Safdie brothers, American film directors
• Shaddy Safadi, American video game artist
• Sylvia Safdie, Canadian artist
• Tala Safadi, Israeli-Arab Miss Earth Israel 2014
• Violette Khairallah Safadi, Lebanese TV anchor