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Master or lord, in the Arabic-rooted Sayyid tradition.
The documented Syed-to-Sayyid link leads to the Arabic sayyid word, whose source senses include master, lord and prince. These are historical lexical senses, not a description of a child’s authority or character. The separate honorific use must not be treated as proof of descent from the prophet Muhammad or of any bearer’s religious identity.
Arabic-rooted Sayyid name family.
The exact English Syed proper-name entry explicitly links Sayyid. Sayyid is separately recorded as a male given name borrowed from Arabic sayyid. This identifies the documented name-family route, not a bearer’s nationality, religion, lineage or parental intention.
Not yet published for this spelling.
Counts apply only to the exact spelling, place, year and recorded usage shown. Places are separate; these figures are never added into a worldwide total. Missing or suppressed records never mean zero.
| Place | Year | Recorded usage | Published births | Rank | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 2025 | Boys | 152 · preliminary | 226 | 2025 figures are preliminary. Quebec counts below five are randomly imputed by the publisher before national aggregation. Accents are removed in the source; this profile was matched only where the catalog spelling was unambiguous. Unpublished values are unknown, not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| France | 2025 | Boys | 5 (rounded to 5) | 3245 | Counts are rounded to the nearest multiple of five. Ranks use unrounded publisher counts with randomly ordered ties; equally rounded counts can have different ranks. National coverage excludes Mayotte before 2012. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Automated direction labels are withheld for this rounded-count series. Rank basis: source published. |
| England & Wales | 2019 | Girls | 3 | 5591 | Historical source: not all years independently cross-checked. Rank basis: source published. |
| England & Wales | 2025 | Boys | 389 | 126 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| Scotland | 2025 | Boys | 8 | 400 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| Ireland | 2025 | Boys | 3 | 829 | Names below three occurrences are unpublished. Accent recording changed in 2018; comparisons across that boundary may not describe the same spelling coverage. Counts refer to registrations in the year. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| United States | 2004 | Girls | 5 | 16099 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts. |
| United States | 2025 | Boys | 166 | 1217 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts. |
Canada, Ireland and France coverage includes confidently matched existing profiles only; unmatched spellings are awaiting review. French counts are rounded to five.
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The exact English proper-name entry links the documented given-name family. English use is separate from Arabic word ancestry. The native Arabic word reading is not published as an English pronunciation. Credit: Wiktionary contributors; adapted and condensed by Rare Baby Names. Spelling-specific popularity records remain separate.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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The documented Syed-to-Sayyid link leads to the Arabic sayyid word, whose source senses include master, lord and prince. These are historical lexical senses, not a description of a child’s authority or character. The separate honorific use must not be treated as proof of descent from the prophet Muhammad or of any bearer’s religious identity. Credit: Wiktionary contributors; adapted and condensed by Rare Baby Names. Spelling-specific popularity records remain separate.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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The exact English Syed proper-name entry explicitly links Sayyid. Sayyid is separately recorded as a male given name borrowed from Arabic sayyid. This identifies the documented name-family route, not a bearer’s nationality, religion, lineage or parental intention. Credit: Wiktionary contributors; adapted and condensed by Rare Baby Names. Spelling-specific popularity records remain separate.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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Related English forms with a shared linguistic source; not interchangeable spellings or a nickname claim. Popularity counts remain separate.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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Supports the lexical root expressly linked by the reviewed name entry. Native-word IPA is not transferred as an English given-name guide. Credit: Wiktionary contributors; adapted and condensed by Rare Baby Names. Spelling-specific popularity records remain separate.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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Supports the exact spelling-family link and Arabic borrowing. Name use and honorific use are distinct senses; no genealogy or personal belief is inferred. Credit: Wiktionary contributors; adapted and condensed by Rare Baby Names. Spelling-specific popularity records remain separate.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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Explicit proper-name alternative-spelling relationship in the exact English entry. The spellings retain separate name counts; no other title or surname is automatically merged. Credit: Wiktionary contributors; adapted and condensed by Rare Baby Names. Spelling-specific popularity records remain separate.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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Attribution: (C) Crown copyright. Data supplied by National Records of Scotland.
License: Open Government Licence v3.0
Attribution: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence
License: Open Government Licence v3.0
Attribution: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence
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Attribution: U.S. Social Security Administration
Credit: Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0147-01, 1991–2025, released 23 September 2026.
License: Statistics Canada Open Licence
Adaptation: Adapted from Statistics Canada, First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators, Table 17-10-0147-01, reference years 1991–2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Credit: Central Statistics Office, Ireland, VSA50 and VSA60, updated 27 February 2026.
License: CC BY 4.0
Adaptation: Adapted by Rare Baby Names: joined the published count and rank indicators and matched unambiguous existing spellings. Source values retained.
Credit: Source : Insee, Fichier des prénoms, updated 16 July 2026.
License: Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab)
Adaptation: Adapted by Rare Baby Names: column names and sex codes mapped and unique case-only spellings matched to existing profiles. Published rounded counts and ranks retained.
