Zyad
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- zee-YAAD
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
Zyad is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “growth; abundance”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies).
What does Zyad mean?
Arabic: spelling of Ziyad
“growth; abundance”
Tariq ibn Ziyad led the Muslim landing in Spain in 711; Gibraltar is named after him.
Is Zyad a girl's or a boy's name?
Zyad is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zyad in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Zyad, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys.
2025 had the most boys named Zyad of any year since it first appeared, in 2000.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Zyad in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 1 | #6,179 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #4,018 |
How popular is Zyad in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 2000.
Half of all the boys named Zyad in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zyad in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
Names like Zyad
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Zayd Hamza Zayaan Zayan Ahmed Ziyad Musa Abdullah Fahad Umar Zayyan
Names related to Zyad
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, “Zyad: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zyad, updated 20 October 2026.