Fun Facts About the Name Ubayd
- 20 babies named Ubayd: U.S. records list 20 babies given the name Ubayd from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Ubayd Mean?
Ubayd is an Arabic male given name. It comes from the root ʿ-b-d, which concerns service and worship. The name is a diminutive of the Arabic word ʿabd (عَبْد), meaning "servant" or "slave." The diminutive pattern fuʿayl produces ʿUbayd (عُبَيْد), literally "little servant" or "little slave." In personal names, the service is usually understood as service to God, so Ubayd is often explained as "servant of God" or "little servant of God." That fuller sense is a customary interpretation rather than a separate literal meaning of the bare word.
The related theophoric name ʿUbayd Allāh (عُبَيْد الله) means "little servant of God," and the standalone Ubayd is often treated as a short form of it. It is not the same name as ʿAbbād or ʿAbd, though all come from the same root.
Ubayd Name History & Origins
The name is attested in pre-Islamic Arabia. The poet Ubayd ibn al-Abras, who lived in the sixth century, is an early bearer; he is counted among the pre-Islamic Arab poets. The theophoric form ʿUbayd Allāh appears in early Islamic history: ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Ziyād (d. 686) was an Umayyad governor in Iraq. These examples place the name in Arabic-speaking society from the pre-Islamic period into the first Islamic centuries.
As Islam spread, the name entered other languages. The 14th-century Persian satirist Obeyd Zakani (Nizam al-Din Ubaydullah Zakani) is a well-known bearer in Persian letters. Turkish has the forms Ubeyd and Ubeydullah, and South Asian Muslim communities commonly use Ubaid and Obaid. The spelling Ubayd follows a standard Arabic transliteration, while Ubaid, Obaid, and Obeyd reflect other transliteration conventions or later pronunciations. The name also occurs as a surname.
How Popular is the Name Ubayd?
Ubayd has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2025. Its best rank was #8,202 in 2025.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,202 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2024 | #14,053 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2020 | #13,899 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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