Riyad
given name · French · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Riyad is a given name, most frequently recorded in Syria. It appears chiefly in French and Arabic, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Riyadh (the capital city of Saudi Arabia).
- SYSyria1 in 5.5K◐
- FRFrance1 in 19K
- ESSpain1 in 76K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈6.3K ●
- Sources
- 164 ●
- 1 in 19K ◐
across 12 countries
21K records
Official registry-verified
France
Spellings & scripts●
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin●
Riyadh (the capital city of Saudi Arabia)
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY Syria | #643 | 6,088 | 6.2K rec. | — | — | Riyad | 19 |
| FR France | — | 3,625 | 6K rec. | 1 in 19K | 3.6K | Riyad | 164 |
| TR Türkiye | — | 1,267 | 1.3K rec. | — | — | Riyad | 21 |
| DZ Algeria | #427 | 988 | 1.2K rec. | — | listed | Riyad | 28 |
| US United States | — | 905 | 1.8K rec. | 1 in 368K | 905 | Riyad | 143 |
| MA Morocco | — | 668 | 814 rec. | — | listed | Riyad | 43 |
| ES Spain | — | 655△ | 47 rec. | 1 in 76K | 655 | Riyad | 17 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | — | 617 | 350 rec. | — | — | Riyad | 68 |
| SE Sweden | — | 482△ | 29 rec. | 1 in 21K | 482 | — | 13 |
| IQ Iraq | — | 453 | 492 rec. | — | — | Riyad | 17 |
| JO Jordan | #928 | 430 | 440 rec. | — | — | Riyad | 50 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 192 | 114 rec. | — | listed | Riyad | 42 |
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Languages●
- French20K34%
- Arabic13K21%
- Turkish9.2K16%
- English3.4K6%
- Bangla2.2K4%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| French | 20,022 | 34% |
| Arabic | 12,568 | 21% |
| Turkish | 9,182 | 16% |
| English | 3,372 | 6% |
| Bangla | 2,183 | 4% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Riyad is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Portuguese, alternative form of Riade
as a wordkaikki.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●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1976 | 5 |
| 1978 | 8 |
| 1979 | 5 |
| 1980 | 5 |
| 1985 | 5 |
| 1989 | 7 |
| 1992 | 7 |
| 1993 | 6 |
| 1994 | 6 |
| 1995 | 6 |
| 1997 | 8 |
| 1998 | 7 |
| 1999 | 6 |
| 2000 | 8 |
| 2001 | 9 |
| 2002 | 6 |
| 2003 | 9 |
| 2004 | 6 |
| 2006 | 7 |
| 2007 | 12 |
| 2008 | 17 |
| 2009 | 14 |
| 2010 | 18 |
| 2011 | 15 |
| 2012 | 19 |
| 2013 | 19 |
| 2014 | 20 |
| 2015 | 18 |
| 2016 | 14 |
| 2017 | 21 |
| 2018 | 21 |
| 2019 | 17 |
| 2020 | 11 |
| 2021 | 11 |
| 2022 | 9 |
| 2023 | 21 |
| 2024 | 17 |
| 2025 | 21 |
US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 38 years between 1976–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Riad Al Solhb. 1894LBnot in their usual nameLebonese politician (1894–1951)
- Riyad Mansourb. 1947PSPalestinian diplomat (born 1947)
- Riad Salamehb. 1950LBnot in their usual nameformer Governor of the central bank of Lebanon
- Riad al-Malikib. 1955PSnot in their usual nameMinister of Foreign Affairs of Palestine
- Riyad Awadb. 1958PSProfessor of Civil Engineering and Mayor of Tulkarm (2022-2026)
- Riad al-Asaadb. 1961SYnot in their usual nameSyrian military officer and politician (born 1961)
- Riaad Moosab. 1977ZAnot in their usual nameSouth African comedian and actor
- Riyad Djendoucib. 1988DZAlgerian swimmer
- Riyad Mahrezb. 1991FRAlgerian-French footballer (born 1991)
- Riyad Idrissib. 2005ITItalian association 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●
Attested in 54 sources across 35 countries.
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 171 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Riyad?
- We estimate roughly 6.3 thousand people bear Riyad (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.
- In which country does Riyad have the most bearers?
- Riyad is most frequently recorded in Syria, where it is most often spelled riyad.
- How common is Riyad compared with other names?
- In Syria, Riyad is the 643rd most common given name of 109,868 given names recorded there.
- Is Riyad a male or female name?
- Riyad 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.
- What does the name Riyad mean?
- Recorded meaning: Riyadh (the capital city of Saudi Arabia)
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Riyad” — the 643rd most common given name in Syria. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.