Sevda is a Turkish given name. Notable people with the name include:Sevda Alakbarzadeh, Azerbaijani singer Sevda Altınoluk, Turkish goalball player Sevda Alizadeh, Iranian-Dutch singer Sevda Dalgıç, Turkish film and stage actress Sevda Shishmanova, Bulgarian journalist and reporter Sevda Sevan (1945–2009), Armenian-Bulgarian writer and diplomat