Fun Facts About the Name Zaeda
- 143 babies named Zaeda: U.S. records list 143 babies given the name Zaeda from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Zaeda Mean?
Zaeda is a variant spelling of the feminine name Zaida, which is of Arabic origin. The usual explanation is that it comes from Arabic saʿīda (سعيدة), meaning "happy" or "fortunate," the feminine form of saʿīd. This is a literal adjective meaning rather than a later symbolic interpretation. Some references connect the name instead with Arabic zāʾida (زائدة), "increasing" or "surplus," but that derivation is less common and the historical name is not securely tied to either word.
Zaeda Name History & Origins
The parent form Zaida is associated with medieval Iberia. Zaida of Seville, a Muslim woman linked to the court of Alfonso VI of León and Castile in the late eleventh century, was baptized Isabel and became his wife. Latin and Romance sources used the name Zaida for her, and the name remained in Spanish usage. Her original Arabic name is not securely documented, so the connection between her name and a particular Arabic root remains an inference.
The spelling Zaeda is an English-language variant rather than a standard Arabic transliteration. It appears alongside Zaida and Zayda as another rendering of the same parent name. Because these are spelling variants, their pronunciation is usually the same, and their meaning is taken from the Arabic name rather than from a separate English etymology.
How Popular is the Name Zaeda?
Zaeda 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 2010. Its best rank was #9,595 in 2013.
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 | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | #15,132 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2022 | #13,541 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2021 | #17,586 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2020 | #17,447 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2019 | #13,754 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2018 | #18,076 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2017 | #14,069 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2016 | #11,754 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2015 | #19,047 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2014 | #16,461 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2013 | #9,595 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2012 | #14,935 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2011 | #12,124 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2010 | #9,763 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2009 | #15,200 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2007 | #12,648 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2006 | #10,588 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2005 | #14,481 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2004 | #14,146 | 7 | 0.0004% |
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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How the Name Zaeda Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You have aspiration and inspiration, hope and guidance. Since you are intuitive and perceptive and you understand human nature. You have the power to achieve. Diplomacy and discretion make you a good mediator. You are inspired, introspective, and have a good understanding of the human heart. You can have the ability to commercialize your artistic talents successfully. You are often a mystery to others and to yourself. You are always reaching for something higher, without exactly knowing what that "higher" is. You are bold, independent, inquisitive and interested in research. You know what you want and why you want it.
You are always looking for a chance to do your own thing, to be your own person, and to have things done your own way.
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