Nicole, I haven't been able to find anything to corroborate your thesis that 'Saddam' is a title. (Could it be that Saddam means 'the Destroyer', the same way that Michael (or David) means 'Beloved of God'?)

The earliest accounts of Hussein's life that I have read call him Saddam. Today he appears to be called President Saddam Hussein.

Could you point me in the right direction? Thanks.