Given name & surname
Seyed
“the master”
In English use, Seyed is a variant of Sayyid. One Arabic interpretation is “the master.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Seyed is a variant of Sayyid. One Arabic interpretation is “the master.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Seyed is a variant of Sayyid. An origin associated with Sayyid is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Iranian Persian سید (seyyed), from Classical Persian سَیِّد, from Arabic سَيِّد.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1979. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Seyed through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 122
- 122 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1982
- 12 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 7 in 2001. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,356 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.
Seyed’s family of names
In English usage, Seyed has a related form in Sayyid.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
If you love Seyed, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Cedrick
Cedrick is a variant of Cedric. One Welsh interpretation is “one who is kind and loved; of the spectacular bounty.”
>99% boys
Cedric
Cedric has an unusually traceable literary beginning: Walter Scott’s Ivanhoe.
>99% boys
Sacha
“helper and defender of mankind” · “helper and defender of people”
87% boys · 13% girls
Eugenio
“a wellborn man”
>99% boys
Anand
“joy, delight, pleasure”
90% boys · 10% girls
Jed
“beloved of God”
>99% boys
Minh
“a clever man”
92% boys · 8% girls
Adams
“man” · “of the earth”
>99% boys