Sayeda
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sy-EE-da
- Origin
- Arabic
Sayeda is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “lady, mistress”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Sayeda mean?
Arabic: variant of Sayyida
“lady, mistress”
Variant of Sayyida, the feminine of Sayyid, an Arabic title of respect for a lord or noble.
Is Sayeda a girl's or a boy's name?
Sayeda is a girls' name.
How popular is Sayeda in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 12 girls.
Half of all the girls named Sayeda in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Sayeda in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12 | #2,323 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,481 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,540 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,543 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 12 | #1,812 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,951 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
Names like Sayeda
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Saba, Sabiha, Safia, Habiba, Faiza, Samira, Salma, Fariha, Waziha, Nafisa, Halima, Fatiha
Names related to Sayeda
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Sayeda: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sayeda, updated 20 October 2026.