Given name & surname
Sadik
“a beloved friend”
Sadik is a variant of Sadiq. One Arabic interpretation is “a beloved friend.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sadik is a variant of Sadiq. One Arabic interpretation is “a beloved friend.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Sadik is a variant of Sadiq. An origin associated with Sadiq is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
Sadik developed from صديق.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1982. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sadik through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 120
- 120 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2002
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 2002. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 654 as a first name in 2020; 870 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.
Sadik’s family of names
Sadik developed from the Arabic form صديق. Sadik has a related form in Sadiq. In Greek usage, Sadik as a surname is a transliteration of Σαδίκ.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Sadik
- Sadegh HedayatIranian writer1902–1951
- Sadik MujkičSlovenian rowerborn 1968
- Sadik KaceliAlbanian artist (1914-2000)
- Sadik HakimAmerican musician (1919–1983)
- Sadiq al-AhmarYemeni politician; leader of the Hashid tribal federation and the Al-Islah tribal confederacy1956–2023
- Sadik AhmedBritish film directorborn 1977
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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