Abidi or Abedi (Arabic: عابدي) is the surname for a family belonging to the offspring of Muhammad's great-grandson Imam Zain-ul-Abideen or Imam Abid whose real name was Ali ibn Husayn. They belong to the Sayyid community. Abidis (or people belonging to this family) can be found all over the world especially in Iran and Indo-Pak subcontinent. Notable people with the surname include:
- Agha Hasan Abedi (1922–1995), Pakistani banker and founder of BCCI
- Amir Abedi (1924–1964), Mayor of Dar es Salaam
- Asad Abidi, Pakistani electrical engineer
- Azhar Abidi (born 1968), Pakistani Australian author and translator
- Colet Abedi, Iranian-American writer and producer
- Intezar Abidi, alias Bobby, Indian politician and former
- Hasan Abidi (1929–2005), Pakistani journalist, writer and Urdu language poet
- Javed Abidi, disability rights activist
- Nain Abidi (born 1985), international cricketer from Pakistan
- Omar Abidi drummer for the English band Fightstar
- Raza Ali Abidi (born 1936), Pakistani journalist and radio broadcaster
- Razi Abedi, Pakistani writer
- Faisal Raza Abidi (born 1971), former senator representing the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) for Sindh Province.
- Syed Ali Raza Abidi Pakistani politician of MQM Party and also MPA of National Assembly
- Syed Muhammad Ali Hussain Abidi
- Sumaira Abidi - Market anchor and deputy editor at CNBC-TV18, a business news channel in India.
See also
- Robson Vicente Gonçalves (born 1979), Brazilian footballer known as Abedi
- Abid
- Abida (disambiguation)
Nadiya James S. Abidi