Given name & surname

Heyder

“lion”

Heyder is a given name from Arabic.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Heyder goes back to Arabic حيدر, meaning “lion.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Heyder comes from Arabic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Arabic حيدر.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2024. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Heyder through the years

Babies since 1880
8
8 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2024
8 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
02462025Highest share 20240.0
Heyder in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2024–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 8 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 297 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.

Heyder’s family of names

In German usage, Heyder as a surname has a related form in HEIDER.

Walk Heyder’s family in the name graph

HeyderHeider

The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

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Sibling ideas

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