Given name & surname
Saida
“fortunate one; one who is happy”
Saida is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “fortunate one; one who is happy.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “fortunate one; one who is happy.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1953. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Saida through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,264
- 0 boys · 1,264 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 42 babies
- 2025
- 21
- #5,875 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +13%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 21 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,875 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 13.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 42 in 2008. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,204 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Saida’s family of names
Saida has a related form in Said. Saida has a related form in Sayda. Saida has a related form in Saidah.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Saidvariant
- Saydavariant
- Saidahvariant
- Saedavariant
- Saydahvariant
- Sayideavariant
- Sayidevariant
- Saedahvariant
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People named Saida
- Saida GunbaSovietic athletics competitor (1959-2018)
- Saida DhahriTunisian judokaborn 1979
- Saida FikriMoroccan singerborn 1971
- Saida KaroliTanzanian singer and performerborn 1976
- Saïda AboubaAlgerian novelistborn 1963
- Saida Muna TasneemBangladesh's high commissioner to the United Kingdom
- Saida IskandarovaUzbekistani swimmerborn 1980
- Saida Hagi-Dirie HerziSomali feminist writerborn 1950
- Saida KhassenovaKazakhstani boxerborn 1986
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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