Sead

Name: Sead: recorded bearers, distribution and rank
Creator: Mondonomo
Published: 2026-09-12

given name · Croatian · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Sead is a given name, most frequently recorded in Bosnia & Herzegovina, where it is the 58th most common given name. It appears chiefly in Croatian and English, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Sead är en sydslavisk form av det arabiska → Said, framförallt använd i Bosnien.

rarermore common

SISlovenia1 in 4K◐
HRCroatia1 in 10K
USUnited States1 in 541K

carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.

: ≈3.0K ●
: 2 ●
Sources: 59 ●
: 1 in 3.5K ◐

Spellings & scripts●

SeadLatin · Croatian●4.3K records

СеадCyrillic · Macedonian●604 records

Locally spelled Сеад in MK North Macedonia.

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●

recorded in Swedish

Sead är en sydslavisk form av det arabiska → Said, framförallt använd i Bosnien.

Sources 1

Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world●

Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.

Where Sead is recorded, by country
Country						Most common spelling	Sources
BA Bosnia & Herzegovina	#58	920	66 rec.	—	—	Sead	23
US United States	—	615	1.1K rec.	1 in 541K	615	Sead	59
MK North Macedonia	#602	603△	2 rec.	1 in 3.5K	603	Сеад	2
SI Slovenia	#573	532△	21 rec.	1 in 4K	532	Sead	5
RS Serbia	#508	516	278 rec.	—	listed	Sead	27
SE Sweden	—	463△	201 rec.	1 in 22K	463	Sead	12
HR Croatia	#801	416	862 rec.	1 in 10K	416	Sead	34
AL Albania	—	200△	64 rec.	1 in 15K	200	Sead	23
EG Egypt	—	151	243 rec.	—	—	Sead	20
XK Kosovo	#753	111	107 rec.	—	989	Sead	4
SY Syria	—	108	180 rec.	—	—	Sead	7
DK Denmark	—	94	—	1 in 62K	94	—	—
ME Montenegro	#156	70	24 rec.	—	#6	Sead	9
SA Saudi Arabia	—	68	24 rec.	—	—	Sead	16
GB United Kingdom	—	51	27 rec.	—	—	Sead	12
TR Türkiye	—	48	59 rec.	—	—	Sead	5
CH Switzerland	—	30	23 rec.	—	—	Sead	6
BE Belgium	—	30	45 rec.	—	—	Sead	4
AE United Arab Emirates	—	21	35 rec.	—	—	Sead	11
ET Ethiopia	—	19	30 rec.	—	—	Sead	5
IT Italy	—	18	37 rec.	—	1	Sead	4
PL Poland	—	16	—	1 in 2.4M	16	—	—
IQ Iraq	—	16	25 rec.	—	—	Sead	6
FI Finland	—	15△	2 rec.	1 in 371K	59	—	1
CA Canada	—	15	14 rec.	—	—	Sead	9
HU Hungary	—	13	4 rec.	—	—	Sead	9
NL Netherlands	—	7	32 rec.	1 in 2.5M	7	Sead	6
NO Norway	—	6	10 rec.	—	312	Sead	5
BR Brazil	—	—	—	—	34	—	—
AT Austria	—	—	—	—	20	—	—
CZ Czechia	—	—	—	—	6	—	—
IS Iceland	—	—	—	—	1	—	—
EE Estonia	—	—	—	—	listed	—	—
CL Chile	—	—	—	—	1	—	—
IN India	—	—	—	—	32	—	—
DE Germany	—	—	—	—	listed	—	—

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.

Languages●

Croatian4.3K25%
English3.1K18%
German2.9K17%
Hungarian1.1K6%
Albanian8315%

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Languages in which the name is recorded
Name	Records	Note
Croatian	4,323	25%
English	3,139	18%
German	2,915	17%
Hungarian	1,089	6%
Albanian	831	5%

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◐

Sead is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

English given name7.5K records spelled Sead6 spellings in the group
Most recorded in United States, Germany, Austria, United Kingdom
Languages: English, German, Dutch
Also written Séad
French given name603 records spelled Sead3 spellings in the group
Most recorded in France, Belgium, United States, Canada
Also written Séad
Spanish given name433 records spelled Sead4 spellings in the group
Most recorded in United States, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Serbia, Brazil
Languages: Spanish, Portuguese
Also written Šęãd, Śëàd
Turkish given name228 records spelled Sead4 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Türkiye, Syria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Serbia
Languages: Turkish, Azerbaijani
Also written Şead, Seàd

42 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●

Sead is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

In English, Acronym of suppression of enemy air defense(s).
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Estonian, nominative plural of siga
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Irish, nest
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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Sead in ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search), Kosovo, 1933–2025
Year	records
1933	1
1937	1
1956	1
1959	1
1960	2
1961	2
1962	2
1963	2
1964	2
1965	2
1966	1
1967	4
1968	4
1969	1
1970	8
1971	3
1972	5
1973	6
1974	11
1975	14
1976	18
1977	26
1978	50
1979	34
1980	42
1981	44
1982	30
1983	21
1984	23
1985	37
1986	29
1987	33
1988	37
1989	40
1990	27
1991	22
1992	22
1993	15
1994	10
1995	22
1996	16
1997	26
1998	18
1999	13
2000	15
2001	19
2002	15
2003	15
2004	16
2005	17
2006	21
2007	16
2008	18
2009	13
2010	18
2011	14
2012	12
2013	4
2014	10
2015	4
2016	7
2017	4
2018	6
2019	6
2020	6
2021	2
2022	1
2023	3
2024	2
2025	1

XK ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) — 70 years between 1933–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

Sead Sušićb. 1953BABosnian footballer
Zele Lipovačab. 1955BAnot in their usual nameBosnian and Yugoslavian guitarist and composer
Sead Kajtazb. 1963BAfootballer
Sead Salahovićb. 1977RSSerbian footballer
Sead Ramovićb. 1979BABosnian footballer (1979-)
Sead Muratovićb. 1979RSfootballer
Sead Šehovićb. 1989MEMontenegrin basketball player (born 1989)
Sead Kolašinacb. 1993DEBosnian-German association football player (born 1993)
Sead Hajrovićb. 1993CHBosnian footballer
Sead Hakšabanovićb. 1999SEMontenegrin 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 31 sources across 21 countries.

Official registers attesting Sead
Country	Register	Year	Count	Rank
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	—	989	#720
US United States	Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex	2020	615	#17,761
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2022	541	#278
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2021	540	#277
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2023	539	#281
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2024	536	#286
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2025	532	#292
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2020	532	#279
SI Slovenia	stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank)	—	530	#590
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2019	504	#280
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2016	475	#272
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2018	472	#284
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2014	470	#268
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2010	469	#262
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2015	466	#269
SE Sweden	Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)	—	463	#2,928
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2017	463	#280
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2011	463	#261
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2012	460	#264
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2013	458	#267
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2009	445	#262
SE Sweden	SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)	2020	444	—
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2008	429	#261
HR Croatia	DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form)	2021	416	#815
NO Norway	SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)	—	312	#3,443
HR Croatia	DZS — Učestalost osobnih imena (Popis 2021)	2021	309	—
AL Albania	INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts)	—	200	#1,837
DK Denmark	Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)	—	94	#1,491
FI Finland	DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)	—	59	#7,158
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1978	50	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1981	44	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1980	42	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1989	40	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1988	37	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1985	37	—
BR Brazil	IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)	—	34	#136,957
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1979	34	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1987	33	—
IN India	Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls	—	32	#1,206
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1982	30	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1986	29	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1990	27	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1997	26	—
FI Finland	DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)	—	25	#23,117
AT Austria	Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024)	2022	20	#1,811
PL Poland	dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20)	2026	16	#7,628
PL Poland	dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)	—	15	#7,236
FI Finland	DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register)	—	15	—
NO Norway	SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)	—	10	#55,209
NL Netherlands	Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)	—	7	#22,158
CZ Czechia	MVČR — living population register 2017	—	6	#9,773
IS Iceland	Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry)	2026	1	#44,680
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	2025	1	—
IT Italy	ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend)	2024	1	#22,277
AT Austria	Statistik Austria — Vornamen der Geborenen (1984–present)	2022	1	#3,254
CL Chile	SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021)	2018	1	—
EE Estonia	Siseministeerium — population register name list 2023	2023	—	—
ME Montenegro	MONSTAT — census names by municipality	2023	—	#6
DE Germany	Stadt München Open Data — Vornamen von Nulljährigen	2024	—	—
US United States	wru Name Dictionary — US surnames (Census 2010 + voter-file supplement)	—	—	—

Reference works 3

Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
Wikipedia given-name tokens
Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Sead?: We estimate roughly 3.0 thousand people bear Sead (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.
In which country does Sead have the most bearers?: Sead is most frequently recorded in Bosnia & Herzegovina, where it is most often spelled sead.
How common is Sead compared with other names?: In Bosnia & Herzegovina, Sead is the 58th most common given name of 3,870 given names recorded there.
Is Sead a male or female name?: Sead 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 Sead mean?: Recorded meaning: Sead är en sydslavisk form av det arabiska → Said, framförallt använd i Bosnien.

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About this data

● measured from records◐ inferred from the name graph○ machine-generated

Data snapshot 2026-09-12. 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, “Sead” — the 58th most common given name in Bosnia & Herzegovina. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.

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