Syeda

What Syeda means

Feminine form of Sayyid, meaning “Master, Lord, the nobleman”

feminine of Sayyid || From Arabic سَيِّد (sayyid, “Master, Lord, the nobleman”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Syeda” (revision 89972684) and “Sayyid” (revision 93887686), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Syeda?

US: Rising: up from #3092 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #286 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2024, when 76 girls got the name (#2389 that year). First in the US records in 1974.

How common

• About 1 in 22,961 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 993 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,236 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NY (0.2 per 1,000 girls), IL (0.16 per 1,000 girls), TX (0.08 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Syeda is #2514 in the US and #197 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Syeda were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• Sayyida

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Syeda

Girls

• Noor#659“light”^*
• Maryam#351Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #52 vs #351 in 2025
• Zahra#538Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1973, with 8 babies
• Amira#132“princess”^*
• Amirah#490Variant of Amira, meaning “princess”^*
• Alia#587Feminine form of Ali, meaning “high, exalted”^*

For a brother

• Hamza#541“lion”^*
• Yahya#615Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #81 vs #615 in 2025
• Ali#306“high, exalted”^*
• Muhammad#239“praised, commendable, laudable”^*
• Ameer#980Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1969, with 14 babies
• Zahir#738Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1973, with 7 babies

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Arabic, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Syeda’s. Rank is US 2025.