Reda

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Reda is also recorded as 9 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name67K records spelled Reda60 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, Belgium, Morocco

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Réda, Rédà, Rèda, Rèdà, Rédã

• English given name55K records spelled Reda86 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Netherlands, Germany, Morocco

  Languages: English, German, Western Frisian

  Also written Redae, Réda, Rédà, Rèda, Rédä

• Spanish given name21K records spelled Reda72 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, United States, Argentina, Brazil

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Réda, Rédà, Rëdã, Rêda, Rëdä

• Polish given name5.8K records spelled Reda7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, United States, Spain, United Kingdom

  Also written Réda, Rèdà, Rêdą, Rëdä, Rédã

• Amharic given name3.4K records spelled Reda5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Ethiopia, Morocco, United States, Algeria

  Also written ረዳ, ሬዳ, Réda, Rēdā

• a separate given name2.5K records spelled Reda5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Morocco, India, Ethiopia

  Also written Réda, Rėda, Reḍa, Reḍā

• Lithuanian given name2.4K records spelled Reda6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Lithuania, United States, United Kingdom, Norway

  Also written Rėda, Réda, Ředã, Ředá, Rèdà

• Hindi given name1.9K records spelled Reda10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Morocco, United Kingdom, United States

  Also written Réda, Rédà, Rèdà, Rèda, Rěda

• Turkish given name1.4K records spelled Reda11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, Syria, Morocco, United States

  Languages: Turkish, Azerbaijani

  Also written Réda, Rëdā, Řëdã, Rèda, Rêda

57 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Reda is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Polish, roadstead (partly sheltered anchorage; a stretch of water near the shore where vessels may ride at anchor, but with less protection than a harbor)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Malay, Ready with honest intentions to do something.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Romanian, to redeem, restore, return, give back

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Serbo-Croatian, genitive singular of red

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Norwegian Bokmål, definite plural of rede

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Indonesian, synonym of rela

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 104 years between 1904–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Ridha El Louzeb. 1953TNnot in their usual nameTunisian association football player
• Reda Mansourb. 1965ILIsraeli diplomat
• Reda Ribinskaitėb. 1966LTSoviet rower
• Redha Tukarb. 1975SAnot in their usual nameSaudi Arabian footballer
• Reda Katebb. 1977FRFrench actor and film director
• Réda Dalilb. 1978MAMoroccan writer
• Roda Antarb. 1980LBnot in their usual nameLebanese association football player and manager
• Reda Kerboucheb. 1988RUfinancial manager and Wikimedian
• Ahmed Reda Tagnaoutib. 1996MAMoroccan footballer
• Reda Khadrab. 2001DEGerman football player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 361 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Reda?

We estimate roughly 9.9 thousand people bear Reda (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Reda have the most bearers?

Reda is most frequently recorded in Egypt, where it is most often spelled reda.

How common is Reda compared with other names?

In Egypt, Reda is the 217th most common given name of 72,792 given names recorded there.

Is Reda a male or female name?

Reda is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.