Given name & surname
Sayid
“filled with happiness”
Sayid is a variant of Said. One Arabic interpretation is “filled with happiness.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sayid is a variant of Said. One Arabic interpretation is “filled with happiness.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Sayid is a variant of Said. An origin associated with Said is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1993. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sayid through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 260
- 260 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 19 babies
- 2025
- 16
- #5,807 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −24%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 16 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,807 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 23.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 231 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.
Sayid’s family of names
Sayid has a related form in Said. In English usage, Sayid has a related form in Sayyid. In English usage, Sayid has a conventional equivalent in the French form Saïd.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Sayid has relatives in 3 languages.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Sayid
Characters named Sayid: Sayid Jarrah (the American mystery fiction television series Lost).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Sayid, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.