Shayda
Harji Lavji Damani, better known by his pen name Shayda was a Gujarati language poet, novelist, short-story writer and playwright from Gujarat, India. He is known as Ghazal Samrat, the king of ghazal poetry, as he established the Gujarati ghazal form in Gujarati literature.
Meaning & Origin of Shayda
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Harji Lavji Damani, better known by his pen name Shayda was a Gujarati language poet, novelist, short-story writer and playwright from Gujarat, India. He is known as Ghazal Samrat, the king of ghazal poetry, as he established the Gujarati ghazal form in Gujarati literature.
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The Story of Shayda
Shayda first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1982, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2006, when 18 Shaydas were born — ranking #6,840 that year. As of 2026, Shayda ranks #15,292 for baby girls with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 312 Shaydas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
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About the name Shayda
Shayda is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1982 and has accumulated 312 births in the dataset. Shayda's peak popularity came in 2006 when it ranked #6,840. Use the chart and map above to compare Shayda'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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