Globally, Saiyad (Saiyad 
, Сайяд 
) is a widespread largely boy's, but infrequently female forename. The first name Saiyad is characteristic of India, where it is quite a common mostly masculine, but seldom girly name, Fiji, where it is quite a rare male name, and Saudi Arabia, where it is quite a rare predominantly male, but very seldom female name. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in India, Saudi Arabia, and Bangladesh. Likewise, Saiyad is the last name as well as the forename.