Kidus
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- kih-DOOS
- Origin
- Amharic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,138 for boys
Kidus is a boys' name of Amharic origin, meaning “holy, saint”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 4,138th for boys in the US (25 babies).
What does Kidus mean?
Amharic: Ethiopian name from Ge'ez and Amharic
“holy, saint”
Ethiopian name from the Ge'ez and Amharic word for holy, also used as the title Saint.
Is Kidus a girl's or a boy's name?
Kidus is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 25 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kidus in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Kidus, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 11 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Kidus than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Kidus in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Kidus in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,100 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
How popular is Kidus in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,138th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 25 about 1 in 68,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 25 boys in the US were named Kidus, making it the 4,138th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,657th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 55 boys. It first appears in the records in 1996.
2025 had fewer boys named Kidus than any year since 2008.
Half of all the boys named Kidus in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kidus in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #4,138 |
| 2024 | 27 | #3,984 |
| 2023 | 40 | #3,053 |
| 2022 | 29 | #3,772 |
| 2021 | 35 | #3,295 |
| 2020 | 47 | #2,657 |
| 2019 | 44 | #2,807 |
| 2018 | 46 | #2,673 |
| 2017 | 36 | #3,192 |
| 2016 | 55 | #2,365 |
| 2015 | 44 | #2,721 |
| 2014 | 55 | #2,343 |
| 2013 | 44 | #2,666 |
| 2012 | 44 | #2,715 |
| 2011 | 33 | #3,305 |
| 2010 | 34 | #3,238 |
| 2009 | 38 | #3,044 |
| 2008 | 24 | #4,142 |
| 2007 | 30 | #3,509 |
| 2006 | 22 | #4,219 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 18 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 28 | #3,275 |
| 2002 | 18 | #4,316 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
Names like Kidus
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Muhammad, Kayden, Finn, Zayan, Yahya, Rayyan, Brody, Zayd, Ibrahim, Kian, Zayaan
Names related to Kidus
More Amharic names
Amare, Aryam, Gelila, Mahelet, Nolawi, Haset, Tafari, Bruk, Leul, Naod, Melat, Haile, Menelik, Nuhamin, Meklit, Kirubel
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kidus: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kidus, updated 20 October 2026.