Given name & surname
Cid
“a lord”
Cid is used as a given name, a surname, and a nickname. One Spanish interpretation is “a lord.”
Original SpanishÇid
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Spanish interpretation is “a lord.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Spanish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1962. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cid through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 213
- 213 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1971
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #9,897 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −74%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,897 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 1971. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 428 as a first name in 2020; 2,946 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Cid’s family of names
Cid has a related form in Cydney. Cid has a related form in Cyd. In Spanish usage, Cid has a related form in Çid.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Cid
- Cid CormanAmerican poet, translator and editor (1924–2004)
- Cid MoreiraBrazilian announcer and TV presenter (1927–2024)
- Cid GomesBrazilian politician and engineerborn 1963
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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