Globally, حيد (حيد 
) is a rare masculine first name. The given name حيد is habitual in Western Asia, particularly Iraq, where it is quite a rare boy's name, Syria, where it is a rare male name, and Saudi Arabia. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Sudan. Likewise, حيد is the last name as well as the forename.