Eyad
Eyad is an Arabian given name that may refer to one of the following people:Eyad Hammoud, Lebanese footballer Eyad Ismoil, Jordanian terrorist who took part in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing Eyad al-Sarraj (1944-2013), Palestinian psychiatrist Eyad Elbayoumi, Canadian - Palestinian clinical / consultant pharmacist
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Eyad
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Eyad is an Arabian given name that may refer to one of the following people:Eyad Hammoud, Lebanese footballer Eyad Ismoil, Jordanian terrorist who took part in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing Eyad al-Sarraj (1944-2013), Palestinian psychiatrist Eyad Elbayoumi, Canadian - Palestinian clinical / consultant pharmacist
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Eyad
The earliest SSA record of Eyad as a baby boy name dates back to 1974, when 5 babies received it. 2016 was its biggest year on record, with 97 newborns named Eyad — #1,641 in the national rankings. About 42% of every Eyad on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Eyad ranks #2,336 for baby boys with 61 births, falling sharply (-19%). All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Eyad
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Names that sound like Eyad
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About the name Eyad
Eyad is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1974 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Eyad's peak popularity came in 2016 when it ranked #1,641. Use the chart and map above to compare Eyad's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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