Zayden is a variant of the male given name
Aidan (name)
Aidan or Aiden is a modern version of a number of Celtic language names, including the Irish male given name ''Aodhán'', the Scottish Gaelic given name Aodhan and the Welsh name Aeddan. Phonetic variants, such as spelled with an "e" instead of ...
. The popularity of Zayden as a baby name in the United States peaked in 2014 when it reached 188th. The name entered into usage over the late 1990s and early 2000s decade. It should not be confused with the etymologically-separate male given name
Jayden
Jayden, Jadin, Jadyn, Jaiden, Jaden, and (among other variations) are Unisex given names that were rather obscure until the 1990s, when they began to appear on the U.S. Social Security Administration's list of the 1,000 most popular boys' names. ...
, which means "he will judge," and is derived from the Biblical name Jadon the
Meronothite A Meronothite was the name given to a biblical person from Meronoth. There are only two mentions of them in the bible: Jehdeiah and Jadon. Although Nehemiah
Nehemiah is the central figure of the Book of Nehemiah, which describes his work in ...
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Arabic meaning
Zayden (زيدان) can also be an Arabic male name that means "growth" or "increase". It can be written in various ways such as
Zaydan and
Zidan and is similar to the name
Zayd
Zaid (also transliterated as Zayd, ar, زيد) is an Arabic given name and surname.
Zaid
*Zaid Abbas Jordanian basketball player
* Zaid Abdul-Aziz (born 1946), American basketball player
* Zaid Al-Harb (1887–1972), Kuwaiti poet
*Zaid al-Rifai ...
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which shares the similar meaning of “abundance” or “plentiful”. It is both a given name and a surname in Arabic countries.
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