Given name & surname
Hyder
“resembling a lion”
Hyder is a variant of Haidar. One Arabic interpretation is “resembling a lion.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Hyder is a variant of Haidar. One Arabic interpretation is “resembling a lion.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Hyder is a variant of Haidar. An origin associated with Haidar is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Arabic حَيْدَر, from Persian حَیْدَر (haydar).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1988. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hyder through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 150
- 150 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #7,875 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −22%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,875 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 13 in 2019. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 323 as a first name in 2020; 4,736 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Hyder
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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