Zayd

Meaning and origin of Zayd

Popularity of Zayd in France since 1986

• It peaked in 2025.
• Over recent years, Zayd has been rising fast (+16.5% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Zayd every 5.3 schools, all spellings combined.

Zayd in English-speaking countries

Zayd ranks 199^th in England and Wales and 232^nd in Ontario (Canada), against 138^th in France.

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  232^nd boys’ name168 babies in 3 years1 boy in 1,012+11.6% a year

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  199^th boys’ name750 babies in 3 years1 boy in 1,102+9.6% a year

• IrelandCSO · 2023-25

  478^th boys’ name20 babies in 3 years1 boy in 3,591

• ScotlandNRS · 2023-25

  547^th boys’ name15 babies in 3 years1 boy in 3,996

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  675^th boys’ name1,200 babies in 3 years1 boy in 4,285+8.4% a year

• British Columbia (Canada)BC Vital Statistics · 2021-23

  771^st boys’ name6 babies in 3 years1 boy in 7,423

Rarely or never given (below the publication threshold): Northern Ireland and New Zealand.

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. Counted as written: other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Zaïd155
• Zaid135
• Zahid (in French)25
• Zayid15

Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.

Names similar to Zayd

• Zayn
• Jad
• Joud
• Haroun
• Younes
• Idriss
• Hamza
• Kassim
• Moussa
• Wassim
• Ahmed
• Ilyes

See also

• →French names of Arabic origin