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 (born 1966), 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 (born 1960 or 1963), Islamic militant