Zaid
A Hebrew name meaning "growth, increase, abundance". In Poland it stays a rarity: fewer than 60 men carry it, so most Poles have never met one.
Zaid Pronunciation
Zaid is pronounced ZAH-eet (/ˈzait/).
What Zaid means
Where Zaid comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Zaid traces back to a Semitic root for increase, and its recorded origin is Hebrew. The short meaning stays close to that root: growth, increase, abundance. Across the Arabic-speaking world the name took on its strongest cultural life. The Arabic form speaks it as a word about becoming more.
The most documented bearer is Zayd ibn Harithah, a companion of the Prophet Muhammad and the only companion named directly in the Quran. His story gave the name a fixed place in Arabic memory. Zaid reached Poland later, carried by families with Arabic ties, and it now shows up on a class register in a way it would not have a generation ago.
The name keeps no diminutive. It has no separate feminine form. A teacher reads Zaid and reads it whole. What the child grows into is open, but the name already means increase and abundance.
How many people are named Zaid
1 in 368038 men in Poland is named Zaid. 58 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #4896 among male names.
Zaid's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Zaid as a middle name
Zaid is a first name for 58 men in Poland and a middle name for another 7, an 89/11 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 4101st, between Zahir (7) and Zaman (7).
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