Sayyar (Arabic: سیار) is a masculine given name and surname of Arabic origin. Notable people with the name include:

Given name Sayyar Jamil (born 1952), Iraqi academic

Father name Nasr ibn Sayyar (663–748), Arab general and governor Ibn Sayyar al-Warraq, 10th-century Arab writer

Surname Ahmed Sayyar (born 1993), Qatari football player Ali Sayyar (1926–2019), Bahraini journalist and politician Mohammed Sayyar (born 1991), Qatari football player

See also Sayyar Ahmadabad-e Movali, village in Iran