Zayd

Where Zayd comes from

Borrowed from Arabic زَيْد (zayd).
— Wiktionary's entry for Zayd
  • Arabic
Along the way
  1. 615
    Zayd ibn Thabit born
    Arabic scribe and Qur'anic collator
  2. 1974
    First appearance
    #4,634 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 2025
    Peak, #632
    442 babies named Zayd — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Arabic.
Namesakes
  • Zayd ibn Thabit · Arabic scribe and Qur'anic collator, 615–665
  • Zayd ibn Arqam · Companion of Muhammad, died 687
  • Zayd ibn al-Khattab · Sahabah, died 632
  • Zayd ibn Musa al-Kadhim · son of Musa al-Kazim, died 865
  • Zayd ibn Suhan · Companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, died 656

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.