Raïd

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Raïd is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Algeria than in any other country. Recorded meaning: pioneer, explorer, leader, model.

rarermore common
  • SYSyria≈1 in 7K(inferred from the name graph)
  • SASaudi Arabia≈1 in 8.8K
  • USUnited States1 in 844K

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 Raïd 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.

Algeria (inferred from the name graph)

≈4,800 people, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
128 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 4.4K (inferred from the name graph)

Oman, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

RaïdLatin(measured from records)
РаидCyrillic(measured from records)

5 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Raid in SY Syria, US United States, SA Saudi Arabia and 3 more and Rajd in LV Latvia.

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)

pioneer, explorer, leader, model

Sources 2

Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Raïd 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.

Where Raïd is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DZ Algeria#512≈4,800 est.≈1 in 9KlistedRaid25
SA Saudi Arabia—≈3,900 est.≈1 in 8.8KlistedRaid73
SY Syria#795≈2,800 est.≈1 in 7K—Raid14
JO Jordan#973≈1,600 est.≈1 in 6.7K—Raid43
OM Oman#146≈1,100 est.≈1 in 4.4K—Raid27
LV Latvia#459≈870 est.≈1 in 2.2K—Rajd3
US United States—3941 in 844K388Raid128

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. 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Raïd is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Urdu given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Pakistan, Türkiye, United States, Malaysia

    Also written Raid

3 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Raïd under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Raïd mean, and where does it come from?
pioneer, explorer, leader, model Recorded by A Dictionary of Muslim Names and Nordic Names.
Is Raïd a male or female name?
Raïd 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.
In which country does Raïd have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 4.8 thousand people named Raïd in Algeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled raid.
How common is the name Raïd?
In the United States, the national register counted 394 people named Raïd in 2020, about 1 in 844 thousand residents.
How common is Raïd compared with other names?
In Algeria, Raïd is the 512th most common given name of 27,215 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, “Raïd” — the 512th most common given name in Algeria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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