Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1995. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Zeid through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 97
- 97 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,987 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,987 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 231 as a first name in 2020; 369 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.
Zeid’s family of names
In German usage, Zeid as a surname has a related form in ZEIT.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Zeid
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Zeid, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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Sardar
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