Syed
A boys’ name of Arabic origin, meaning master, lord, sir.
Syed by the numbers
In 2025, 389 babies in England and Wales were named Syed. In the US, 148 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 224 babies in 2000, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Syed. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Syed
Names that are said the same way as Syed, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean God
Like Syed, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
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