Given name & surname
Zaide
“to become greater; to grow”
Zaide is a variant of Zayd. One Arabic interpretation is “to become greater; to grow.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Zaide is a variant of Zayd. One Arabic interpretation is “to become greater; to grow.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Zaide is a variant of Zayd. An origin associated with Zayd is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1998. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Zaide through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 313
- 208 boys · 105 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 27 babies
- 2025
- 16
- #5,849 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −16%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 16 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,849 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 19 in 2011. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 378 as a first name in 2020; 111 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.
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.
People named Zaide
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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