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Zaid

Zaid: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“growth, increase”
Origin
Arabic
Say it
zah-EED · 2 syllables
Used for
Boys

From Arabic Zayd or Zaid. A long-established Arabic name borne by several early Islamic figures.

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How popular is Zaid?

2024124 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Zaid in 2024414

2024 rank#661 boys

Peak year2018

Total US babies since 18807,056

Zaid is rising: use over the last five years is 2.0× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Zaid

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Amircommander, prince · Arabic
  • Muhammadpraised · Arabic
  • Zaynbeauty, grace · Arabic
  • Omarflourishing, long-lived · Arabic
  • Cairovictorious · Arabic
  • Ibrahimfather of multitudes · Arabic
  • Khalilfriend, beloved · Arabic
  • Malikking · Arabic

Zaid questions

What does the name Zaid mean?

Zaid means "growth, increase". It comes from Arabic. From Arabic Zayd or Zaid. A long-established Arabic name borne by several early Islamic figures.

Is Zaid a boy or girl name?

Zaid is mainly a boy's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Zaid?

414 US babies were named Zaid in 2024. Its peak year was 2018.

How do you pronounce Zaid?

Zaid is usually pronounced zah-EED.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.