The Saidi surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 684 people carried this name — #33,379 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 434,800 people counted. That is up 38% from 494 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Saidi surname
Borrowed from Arabic سَيِّد (sayyid, “master, lord”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Saidi» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 1,379 people named Saidi live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,191 people named Saidi.
Most of them — 751 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 62 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
386 people named Saidi live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
311 people named Saidi are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Saidi in American newspapers,
1900–1909.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 32,408 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Saidi,
with a public archive behind them.
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Farrokh Saidi 1929–2026 · surgeon -
Nasser Saidi 1950– · politician -
Ali Jaber 1954–2005 · imam -
Ismaël Saidi 1976– · screenwriter -
Abbes Saidi 1983– -
Hédi Saidi 1897–1948 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 45 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Saidi.
- Sahakian 594 · U.S. census
- Sahin 769 · U.S. census
- Sahli 737 · U.S. census
- Sahm 698 · U.S. census
- Sai 513 · U.S. census
- Said 5,535 · U.S. census
- Saifi 193 · U.S. census
- Sailer 2,520 · U.S. census
- Saillant 218 · U.S. census
- Saindon 904 · U.S. census
- Saine 1,512 · U.S. census
- Saint 1,897 · U.S. census
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