Zaid
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Zaid is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Zaid (m.fl. former) är ett arabiskt namn som betyder ’tillväxt, ökning’.
- JOJordan≈1 in 259(inferred from the name graph)
- AEUnited Arab Emirates≈1 in 3.4K
- SASaudi Arabia≈1 in 3.4K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Pakistan (inferred from the name graph)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 276 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 259 (inferred from the name graph)
≈66,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Jordan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
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)
Zaid (m.fl. former) är ett arabiskt namn som betyder ’tillväxt, ökning’. Muhammeds adoptivson bar namnet. En femininform är Zaida.
Sources 1
- Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Zaid 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 | #763 | ≈66,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.5K | listed | Zaid | 87 |
| JO Jordan | #106 | ≈42,000 est. | ≈1 in 259 | — | Zaid | 128 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | #419 | ≈10,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.4K | — | Zaid | 117 |
| MA Morocco | #500 | ≈9,700 est. | ≈1 in 3.7K | 1 | Zaid | 62 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈8,700 est. | ≈1 in 31K | — | Zaid | 85 |
| US United States | — | 6,365 | 1 in 52K | 6.1K | Zaid | 276 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | #267 | ≈3,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.4K | — | Zaid | 115 |
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; The page discusses popular Moroccan names for 2026, published by bebemaman.ma.. 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).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Zaid is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Arabic, abundance, increase, increment, superabundance, addition, excess, surplus
as a nameA Dictionary of Muslim Names
Abundance.
as a nameThe African book of names
necessary; superfluous
as a nameMuslim baby names (our 2,000 meaningful and beautiful names for boys and girls) English-Urdu with Roman
Colui che progredisce
as a nameIl grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…
In yol, alternative form of zide
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Zayd ibn Harithahb. 581SAnot in their usual nameSahabah of Muhammad
- Zayd ibn Thabitb. 615SAnot in their usual nameArabic scribe and Qur'anic collator (c.610-c.660)
- Zayd ibn Alib. 695SAnot in their usual nameAlid political and religious leader (c.695–740)
- Teferi Bentib. 1921ETnot in their usual nameEthiopian military leader and head of state (1921-1977)
- Zeid bin Shakerb. 1934JOnot in their usual nameJordanian military officer and politician (1934-2002)
- Zaid al-Rifaib. 1936JOformer Prime Minister of Jordan (1936–2024)
- Zaid Abdul-Azizb. 1946USAmerican basketball player (born 1946)
- Jlloyd Samuelb. 1981TTnot in their usual nameTrinidadian association football player (1981–2018)
- Zayd ibn ArqamSAnot in their usual nameCompanion of Muhammad
- Zayd ibn al-KhattabSAnot in their usual nameSahabah
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 86 sources across 47 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 6.1K | #3,332 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 402 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 218 | #3,332 |
Reference works 6
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Zaid mean?
- Recorded meaning: Zaid (m.fl. former) är ett arabiskt namn som betyder ’tillväxt, ökning’.
- Is Zaid a male or female name?
- Zaid is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Zaid?
- In the etymology graph, Zayd and Zejd are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Zaid have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 66 thousand people named Zaid in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled zaid.
- How common is the name Zaid?
- In the United States, the national register counted 6,365 people named Zaid in 2020, about 1 in 52 thousand residents.
- How common is Zaid compared with other names?
- In Pakistan, Zaid is the 763rd most common given name of 77,659 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/zaidThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Zaid” — the 763rd most common given name in Pakistan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.