Given name & surname

Sayeed

“the master”·“filled with happiness”

In English use, Sayeed is a variant of Sayyid. One Arabic interpretation is “the master.” In English use, Sayeed is a variant of Said. One Arabic interpretation is “filled with happiness.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

In English use, Sayeed is a variant of Sayyid. One Arabic interpretation is “the master.” In English use, Sayeed is a variant of Said. One Arabic interpretation is “filled with happiness.”

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

In English use, Sayeed is a variant of Sayyid. An origin associated with Sayyid is Arabic.

Explained through its name family

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1989. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Sayeed through the years

Babies since 1880
119
119 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2000
11 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Sayeed in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1989–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 11 in 2000. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 388 as a first name in 2020; 759 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.

Sayeed’s family of names

Sayeed has a related form in Said. In English usage, Sayeed has a related form in Sayyid. In English usage, Sayeed has a conventional equivalent in the French form Saïd.

Walk Sayeed’s family in the name graph

SayeedSaidSayyidSayyeedSaïd

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 3

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Sibling ideas

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