Given name & surname
Riad
Riad is a masculine given name from Arabic. It is used in French.
Original Arabicریاض
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1973. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Riad through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 231
- 231 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +9%
- Steady
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 9 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 918 as a first name in 2020; 659 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.
Riad’s family of names
In Polish usage, Riad has a conventional equivalent in the Arabic form ریاض.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Riad
- Riyad Farid Hijabformer Prime Minister of Syriaborn 1966
- Riad Al SolhLebonese politician (1894–1951)1893–1951
- Riad SattoufFrench cartoonist and film directorborn 1978
- Riad BajićBosnian association football playerborn 1994
- Riad Al SunbatiEgyptian composer and musician1906–1981
- Riad Salamehformer Governor of the central bank of Lebanonborn 1950
- Riad IsmatSyrian diplomat (1947–2020)
- Riad NouriFrench footballer (born 1985)
- Riad SeifSyrian politicianborn 1946
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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