Ziyaad
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- zee-YAD
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Ziyaad is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “increase, growth”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Ziyaad mean?
Arabic: spelling of Ziyad
“increase, growth”
The fuller spelling of Ziad, from Arabic ziyada, increase or abundance.
Meaning borrowed from Ziyad. More on Wiktionary.
Is Ziyaad a girl's or a boy's name?
Ziyaad is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ziyaad in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Ziyaad, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2021, with 12 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Ziyaad than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Ziyaad in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 45 boys in the UK were given Ziyaad or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #729, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.
- Ziyad 42
- Ziyaad 3
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Ziyaad in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,515 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 12 | #1,969 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,334 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,382 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 7 | #2,616 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,139 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
Names like Ziyaad
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Ahmed Zayd Zayaan Abdullah Zayan Musa Mustafa Khalid Zayyan Umar Musab
Other spellings of Ziyaad
Names related to Ziyaad
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza
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, “Ziyaad: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ziyaad, updated 20 October 2026.