Given name & surname
Seda
“voices of the forest”
Seda is used as a given name and a surname. One Armenian interpretation is “voices of the forest.”
Original ArmenianՍեդա
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Armenian interpretation is “voices of the forest.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Armenian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1984. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Seda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 196
- 0 boys · 196 girls
- Most popular year
- 1986
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #11,768 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,768 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 13 in 1986. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,237 as a first name in 2020; 3,190 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.
Seda’s family of names
Seda has a related form in Sedah. Seda has a related form in Sedda. Seda has a related form in Seddah.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Seda
- Seda TutkhalyanRussian artistic gymnastborn 1999
- Seda AznavourFrench singerborn 1947
- Seda BakanTurkish actor (born 1985)
- Seda NoorlanderDutch tennis playerborn 1974
- Seda VermishevaArmenian-Russian poet (1932-2020)
- Seda SayanTurkish singer (born 1962)
- Seda TokatlıoğluTurkish volleyball player (born 1986)
- Seda EğridereTurkish actor (born 1982)
- Seda GüvenTurkish actor (born 1984)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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