Seyed
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,342 for boys
Seyed is a boys' name of Persian origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,342nd for boys in the UK (10 babies).
What does Seyed mean?
Persian
A male given name from Persian, variant of Sayyid
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Seyed a girl's or a boy's name?
Seyed is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Seyed in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,342among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 30,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the UK were named Seyed, making it the 2,342nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 15 boys.
Half of all the boys named Seyed in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,265th in England and Wales.
Seyed in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,342 |
| 2024 | 14 | #1,825 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 15 | #1,723 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,378 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,176 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,230 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,011 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 14 | #1,599 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 9 | #1,995 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,292 |
| 2004 | 13 | #1,417 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 13 | #1,209 |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1999 | 7 | #1,749 |
| 1998 | 7 | #1,727 |
| 1997 | 7 | #1,678 |
| 1996 | 10 | #1,290 |
Names like Seyed
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Saeed Azad Muhammad Ahmed Usayd Shazil Ubayd Mehmed Fahad Fareed Salim Raheem
Names related to Seyed
More Persian names
Jasper Esther Jasmine Casper Cyrus Yasmin Darius Zorawar Kiyan Rumi Yasmine Kasper Mahnoor Dario Arian Arman
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, “Seyed: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/seyed, updated 20 October 2026.