Given name & surname
Hyde
“from the hide”
Hyde is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the hide.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the hide.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2004. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hyde through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 314
- 314 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2017
- 30 babies
- 2025
- 15
- #5,960 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −8%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 15 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,960 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 7.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 30 in 2017. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 336 as a first name in 2020; 28,009 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.
Hyde’s family of names
Hyde has a related form in Hiae. Hyde has a related form in Hid. Hyde has a related form in Hyd.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Hyde
- Sir Hyde Parker, 5th BaronetRoyal Navy vice admiral (1714-1782)
- Hyde ParkerAdmiral of the British Royal Navy (1739-1807)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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