Given name · also Spanish
El Cid
“lord, master”
El Cid is a masculine given name from Spanish, ultimately from Arabic. It is used in Spanish and Cebuano.
Meaning & origin
What it means
El Cid goes back to Arabic سِيد, meaning “lord, master.”
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Where it comes from
El Cid comes from Spanish, and ultimately from Arabic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Spanish El Cid, from Arabic سِيد (“lord, master”), built from Spanish el + Cid.
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El Cid’s family of names
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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