Zayed
A boys’ name of Arabic origin, meaning to increase or grow; variant of Zaid.
Zayed by the numbers
In 2025, 10 babies in England and Wales were named Zayed. In the US, 29 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 30 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Zaid
Like Zayed, each of these traces back to Zaid: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Zayed. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Zaydgrowth, abundance285 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zaredambush or sprout; a form of Zered6 in the US (2017)
- Zayen5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zayer5 in the US (2017)
- Zaydento increase or grow; a variant of Zayed or Zaid2,063 in the US (2017)
- Zaynegod's gracious gift; a modern respelling of Zane860 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Zayed
Names that are said the same way as Zayed, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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