Zaydan is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Banu Zaydan, Arab clan that dominated the Galilee late 17th-early 18th centuries Amina Zaydan, Egyptian novelist Hasan Zaydan, Iraqi politician Ibn Zaydan (1878–1946), Moroccan historian and literary author Jurji Zaydan (1861–1914), Lebanese novelist Muhamad Salah al-din al-Halim Zaydan, Islamic militant Muhammad Husayn Zaydan (1902–1992), Saudi historian and philosopher