Given name & surname · also Turkish
Sait
“happy”
Sait is a masculine given name from Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Arabic. It is used in Turkish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sait goes back to Arabic سَعِيد, meaning “happy.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Sait comes from Ottoman Turkish, and ultimately from Arabic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Ottoman Turkish سعيد (Said), from Arabic سَعِيد (“happy”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2007. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sait through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11
- 11 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 6 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 2009. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 6 in 2007. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 179 as a first name in 2020; 177 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.
Sait’s family of names
In English usage, Sait as a surname has a related form in SEAT. In Greek usage, Sait as a surname is a transliteration of Σάιτ. In Greek usage, Sait as a surname is a transliteration of Σαήτ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Sait
- Sait Faik AbasıyanıkTurkish writer of short stories and poetry (1906-1954)
- Said AltınorduTurkish association football player (1912–1978)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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