Sàìf
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Sàìf is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country. In Oman it is the most common given name. Recorded meaning: From Arabic سَيْف (sayf, “sword”).
- IQIraq≈1 in 14K(inferred from the name graph)
- OMOman≈1 in 140as Said
- MAMorocco≈1 in 158as Said
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Sàìf itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Pakistan (inferred from the name graph)
- 7 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 324 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 14K (inferred from the name graph)
≈250,000 named Saeed, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Iraq, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Said in US United States, MA Morocco, OM Oman and 3 more, Saeed in PK Pakistan, AE United Arab Emirates and Saif in IQ Iraq.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From Arabic سَيْف (sayf, “sword”).
Sources 5
- Dictionary of Islamic Names
- Muslim baby names (our 2,000 meaningful and beautiful names for boys and girls) English-Urdu with Roman
- Wiktionary
- Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
- Nordic Names
Attested across 22 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Sàìf counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PK Pakistan | #528 | ≈250,000 est. | ≈1 in 937 | listed | Saeed | 159 |
| MA Morocco | #7 | ≈220,000 est. | ≈1 in 158 | listed | Said | 144 |
| TZ Tanzania | #24 | ≈170,000 est. | ≈1 in 349 | 1 | Said | 72 |
| AF Afghanistan | #12 | ≈95,000 est. | ≈1 in 384 | 1 | Said | 42 |
| DZ Algeria | #15 | ≈87,000 est. | ≈1 in 497 | #9 | Said | 84 |
| OM Oman | #1 | ≈33,000 est. | ≈1 in 140 | — | Said | 108 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | #14 | ≈26,000 est. | ≈1 in 389 | — | Saeed | 181 |
| US United States | — | 20,064as Syed | 1 in 17K | 20K | Said | 303 |
| IQ Iraq | #889 | ≈2,700 est. | ≈1 in 14K | 2 | Saif | 68 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INEC Special Gazette 2021 — 2020 parliamentary election results; Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names; Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Sàìf mean, and where does it come from?
- From Arabic سَيْف (sayf, “sword”). Recorded by Dictionary of Islamic Names and Muslim baby names (our 2,000 meaningful and beautiful names for boys and girls) English-Urdu with Roman and 3 other sources.
- In which country does Sàìf have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 249 thousand people named Saeed in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Sàìf?
- In the United States, the national register counted 20,064 people named Syed in 2020, about 1 in 17 thousand residents.
- How common is Sàìf compared with other names?
- In Pakistan, Sàìf is the 528th most common given name of 77,659 given names recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Sàìf” — the 528th most common given name in Pakistan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.