Zeyad
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- zee-YAHD
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,044 for boys
Zeyad is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “growth; abundance”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 5,044th for boys in the US (19 babies).
What does Zeyad mean?
Arabic: spelling of Ziyad
“growth; abundance”
Is Zeyad a girl's or a boy's name?
Zeyad is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 19 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zeyad in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,742among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Zeyad, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 14 boys.
Half of all the boys named Zeyad in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2021. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Zeyad in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 14 | #1,812 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,279 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,231 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,461 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2015 | 13 | #1,888 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,334 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 9 | #1,995 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
How popular is Zeyad in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,044among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 90,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 19 boys in the US were named Zeyad, making it the 5,044th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,271st. Its busiest year was 2017, with 34 boys. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the boys named Zeyad in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zeyad in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 2024 | 23 | #4,430 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 25 | #4,180 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 23 | #4,271 |
| 2019 | 26 | #4,000 |
| 2018 | 29 | #3,704 |
| 2017 | 34 | #3,310 |
| 2016 | 29 | #3,680 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 19 | #4,862 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 20 | #4,682 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 18 | #5,044 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 19 | #4,897 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 15 | #4,913 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
Names like Zeyad
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Zayd Ahmed Zayaan Zayan Musa Abdullah Hamza Ziyad Umar Mustafa Zayyan
Names related to Zeyad
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo
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, “Zeyad: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zeyad, updated 20 October 2026.