Given name & surname
Sadiq
“a beloved friend”
Sadiq is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “a beloved friend.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “a beloved friend.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
How it developed
From Arabic صَدِيق (“friend”); its root is Arabic ص د ق.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1981. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sadiq through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 682
- 682 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 30 babies
- 2025
- 18
- #5,355 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −27%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 18 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,355 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 26.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,085 as a first name in 2020; 1,941 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.
Sadiq’s family of names
Sadiq has a related form in Sadik. Sadiq has a related form in Sadeag. Sadiq has a related form in Sadeak.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Saddiqlikely variant
- Sadikvariant
- Sadiqqlikely variant
- Sadykvariant
- Sadeakvariant
- Sadeekvariant
- Sadeagvariant
- Sadyqvariant
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Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Sadiq
- Sadiq KhanMayor of London since 2016born 1970
- Umar SadiqNigerian association football playerborn 1997
- Sadiq al-MahdiPrime Minister of Sudan (1966–1967, 1986–1989)1935–2020
- Sadiq al-ShiraziIraqi/Iranian Grand Ayatollahborn 1942
- WurldNigerian musicianborn 1987
- Sadiq DabaNigerian actor1952–2021
- Sadiq al-AhmarYemeni politician; leader of the Hashid tribal federation and the Al-Islah tribal confederacy1956–2023
- Sadeq KiaIranian historian and linguist (1920–2002)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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